netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] mlxsw: Make MLXSW_SP1_FWREV

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Date:   Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:51:00 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, jiri@...lanox.com, petrm@...lanox.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] mlxsw: Make MLXSW_SP1_FWREV_MINOR a hard
 requirement

On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:58:09PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Therefore tweak the check to accept any FW version that is:
> > 
> > - on the same branch as the preferred version, and
> > - the same as or newer than the preferred version.
> 
> Hi Ido
> 
> Do you print this information out? If the check fails, it would be
> useful to know what the minimal version is.

Hi Andrew,

Yes, we do print it. It is the version the driver will try to load
during initialization in case current version is incompatible:

dev_info(mlxsw_sp->bus_info->dev, "Flashing firmware using file %s\n",
	 fw_filename);