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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:51:24 -0800 From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> To: davem@...emloft.net, shemminger@...tta.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/4] igbvf: Make error message more enlightening From: Williams, Mitch A <mitch.a.williams@...el.com> The most likely cause of this error is that the PF interface is not up, so let's make that very explicit. Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> --- drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c b/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c index fad7f34..a3c706c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c @@ -2720,7 +2720,8 @@ static int __devinit igbvf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, err = hw->mac.ops.reset_hw(hw); if (err) { dev_info(&pdev->dev, - "PF still in reset state, assigning new address\n"); + "PF still in reset state, assigning new address. " + "Is the PF interface up?\n"); random_ether_addr(hw->mac.addr); } else { err = hw->mac.ops.read_mac_addr(hw); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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