netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bng_en: fix misleading error message for generic firmware version

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Message-ID: <c102db6f-c676-4bb9-a1ee-3a43b35e6290@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:10:50 +0530
From: ALOK TIWARI <alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com>
To: Vikas Gupta <vikas.gupta@...adcom.com>
Cc: bhargava.marreddy@...adcom.com, rajashekar.hudumula@...adcom.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bng_en: fix misleading error message for generic
 firmware version



On 1/30/2026 2:05 PM, Vikas Gupta wrote:
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_devlink.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_devlink.c
>> index a987afebd64d..57db3caabcfb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_devlink.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_devlink.c
>> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int bnge_devlink_info_get(struct devlink *devlink,
>>                                DEVLINK_INFO_VERSION_GENERIC_FW, buf);
>>          if (rc) {
>>                  NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
>> -                                  "Failed to set roce firmware version");
>> +                                  "Failed to set generic firmware version");
> Thanks for fixing. I believe instead of generic, "Failed to set
> firmware version"  is enough.

ACK. will send v2.

> 
>>                  return rc;
>>          }
>>
>> --

Thanks,
Alok