netdev - Re: [PATCH, net] ibmvnic: fix firmware version when no firmware level has been provided by the VIOS server

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Date:   Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:59:35 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     desnesn@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH, net] ibmvnic: fix firmware version when no firmware
 level has been provided by the VIOS server

From: Desnes Augusto Nunes do Rosario <desnesn@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Thu,  1 Feb 2018 16:04:30 -0200

> Older versions of VIOS servers do not send the firmware level in the VPD
> buffer for the ibmvnic driver. Thus, not only the current message is mis-
> leading but the firmware version in the ethtool will be NULL. Therefore,
> this patch fixes the firmware string and its warning.
> 
> Fixes: 4e6759be28e4 ("ibmvnic: Feature implementation of VPD for the ibmvnic driver")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Desnes A. Nunes do Rosario <desnesn@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied.

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