netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] ibmvnic: Update firmware error reporting

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Message-Id: <20180807.124643.592088157016558332.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:46:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] ibmvnic: Update firmware error reporting

From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Mon,  6 Aug 2018 21:39:57 -0500

> This patch set cleans out a lot of dead code from the ibmvnic driver
> and adds some more. The error ID field of the descriptor is not filled
> in by firmware, so do not print it and do not use it to query for
> more detailed information. Remove the unused code written for this.
> Finally, update the message to print a string explainng the error
> cause instead of just the error code.

Series applied, thanks Thomas.