netdev - Re: [PATCH] iscsi: qedi (qed_int.c) disable "MFW indication via attention" SPAM every 5 minutes

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Message-ID: <92deedd5d128361947b1381a1309606c67d082e6.camel@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:41:37 -0400
From:   Laurence Oberman <loberman@...hat.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...ium.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, aelior@...vell.com,
        GR-everest-linux-l2@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iscsi: qedi (qed_int.c) disable "MFW indication via
 attention" SPAM every 5 minutes

On Mon, 2020-07-13 at 17:58 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Laurence Oberman <loberman@...hat.com>
> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:15:41 -0400
> 
> > This is likely firmware causing this but its starting to annoy
> customers.
> > Change the message level to verbose to prevent the spam.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@...hat.com>
> 
> "iscsi:" doesn't belong in this Subject line.
> 
> Please look at recent changes to this driver and what commit header
> line subsystem prefixes and layout is being used.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Hi Dave, I will resend.
The challenge is that while the proposed fix is in qed_int.c it only
manifests when the ISCSI persinality is enabled on the card.

I will set as appropriate header but mention the qedi ISCSI connection
in the V2 of this patch.

Thanks
Laurence