linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4_core: print firmware version during driver loading

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Message-Id: <20180914.141410.1124278905048123222.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:14:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     qing.huang@...cle.com, leon@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tariqt@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4_core: print firmware version during driver
 loading

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:17:18 +0200

> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 10:15:48AM -0700, Qing Huang wrote:
>> The FW version is actually a very crucial piece of information and only
>> printed once here
>> when the driver is loaded. People tend to get confused when switching
>> multiple FW files
>> back and forth without running separate utility tools, especially at
>> customer sites.
>> IMHO, this information is very useful and only takes up very little log file
>> space. :-)
> 
> Why not use ethtool -i ?
> 
> $ sudo ethtool -i eth0
> driver: r8169
> version: 2.3LK-NAPI
> firmware-version: rtl8168g-2_0.0.1 02/06/13

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