netdev - Re: [PATCH iwl-next v2] ice: Print NIC FW version during init

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Message-ID: <fadae2d9-68ab-4a1a-bfe1-78d0f1c2fb13@lunn.ch>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 19:13:11 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: "Bahadur, Sachin" <sachin.bahadur@...el.com>
Cc: "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next v2] ice: Print NIC FW version during init

> Yes, this info is available via the "devlink dev info" command. 
> Adding this info in dmesg ensures the version information is
> available when someone is looking at the dmesg log to debug an issue. 
 
Ideally you would train your users to use devlink info, since you get
more useful information, and it should work for any vendors NIC, not
just Intel which is spamming the log with firmware versions.

  Andrew