netdev - [net-2.6 PATCH] igbvf: Make igbvf error message more informative

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Message-ID: <20091223232243.16268.48056.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:22:43 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-2.6 PATCH] igbvf: Make igbvf error message more informative

From: Williams, Mitch A <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>

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 e9dd95f..0dbd032 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igbvf/netdev.c
@@ -2763,7 +2763,8 @@ 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);

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