netdev - Re: [PATCH iwl-net] i40e: Report MFS in decimal base instead of hex

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:19:26 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Erwan Velu <erwanaliasr1@...il.com>
Cc: Erwan Velu <e.velu@...teo.com>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-net] i40e: Report MFS in decimal base instead of hex

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 03:16:55PM +0100, Erwan Velu wrote:
> If the MFS is set below the default (0x2600), a warning message is
> reported like the following :
> 
> 	MFS for port 1 has been set below the default: 600
> 
> This message is a bit confusing as the number shown here (600) is in
> fact an hexa number: 0x600 = 1536
> 
> Without any explicit "0x" prefix, this message is read like the MFS is
> set to 600 bytes.
> 
> MFS, as per MTUs, are usually expressed in decimal base.
> 
> This commit reports both current and default MFS values in decimal
> so it's less confusing for end-users.
> 
> A typical warning message looks like the following :
> 
> 	MFS for port 1 (1536) has been set below the default (9728)
> 

Hi Erwan,

If this is for (iwl-)net, then it should probably have a Fixes tag.
I expect it is sufficient to respond to this email with an appropriate tag.

> Signed-off-by: Erwan Velu <e.velu@...teo.com>

That not withstanding, this looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>

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