netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bnxt: don't complain if TC flower can't be supported

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:05:41 -0700
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bnxt: don't complain if TC flower can't be supported

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 2:00 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> The fact that NETIF_F_HW_TC is not set should be a sufficient
> indication to the user that TC offloads are not supported.
> No need to bother users of older firmware versions with
> pointless warnings on every boot.
>
> Also, since the support is optional, bnxt_init_tc() should not
> return an error in case FW is old, similarly to how error
> is not returned when CONFIG_BNXT_FLOWER_OFFLOAD is not set.
>
> With that we can add an error message to the caller, to warn
> about actual unexpected failures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>

Thanks.