linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] bnxt: remove printing of hwrm message

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Message-Id: <20181212.163203.1585545691540102737.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:32:03 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jtoppins@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, michael.chan@...adcom.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnxt: remove printing of hwrm message

From: Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:58:51 -0500

>   bnxt_en 0000:19:00.0 (unregistered net_device) (uninitialized): hwrm
> req_type 0x190 seq id 0x6 error 0xffff
> 
> The message above is commonly seen when a newer driver is used on
> hardware with older firmware. The issue is this message means nothing to
> anyone except Broadcom. Remove the message to not confuse users as this
> message is really not very informative.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@...hat.com>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     v2:
>       include changes recommended by Michael Chan

Applied, thank you.