netdev - [PATCH net-next-2.6 01/17] sfc: Reduce log level for MCDI error response in efx_mcdi

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Date:	Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:46:09 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next-2.6 01/17] sfc: Reduce log level for MCDI error
 response in efx_mcdi_rpc()

Some errors are expected, e.g. when sending new commands to an MC
running old firmware.  Only the caller of efx_mcdi_rpc() can decide
what is a real error.  Therefore log the error responses with
netif_dbg().

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
---
 drivers/net/sfc/mcdi.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/mcdi.c b/drivers/net/sfc/mcdi.c
index 12cf910..e389ac6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/mcdi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/mcdi.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ int efx_mcdi_rpc(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned cmd,
 				  -rc);
 			efx_schedule_reset(efx, RESET_TYPE_MC_FAILURE);
 		} else
-			netif_err(efx, hw, efx->net_dev,
+			netif_dbg(efx, hw, efx->net_dev,
 				  "MC command 0x%x inlen %d failed rc=%d\n",
 				  cmd, (int)inlen, -rc);
 	}
-- 
1.7.3.2



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Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
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