netdev - [PATCH net] qed: Disable "MFW indication via attention" SPAM every 5 minutes

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Message-Id: <1594764485-682-1-git-send-email-loberman@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:08:05 -0400
From:   Laurence Oberman <loberman@...hat.com>
To:     loberman@...hat.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...ium.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        aelior@...vell.com, GR-everest-linux-l2@...vell.com
Subject: [PATCH net] qed: Disable "MFW indication via attention" SPAM every 5 minutes 

This is likely firmware causing this but its starting to annoy customers.
Change the message level to verbose to prevent the spam.
Note that this seems to only show up with ISCSI enabled on the HBA via the 
qedi driver.

Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_int.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_int.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_int.c
index b7b974f..d853eb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_int.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_int.c
@@ -1193,7 +1193,8 @@ static int qed_int_attentions(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn)
 			index, attn_bits, attn_acks, asserted_bits,
 			deasserted_bits, p_sb_attn_sw->known_attn);
 	} else if (asserted_bits == 0x100) {
-		DP_INFO(p_hwfn, "MFW indication via attention\n");
+		DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, NETIF_MSG_INTR,
+			   "MFW indication via attention\n");
 	} else {
 		DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, NETIF_MSG_INTR,
 			   "MFW indication [deassertion]\n");
-- 
1.8.3.1