Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4_core: print firmware version during driver loading
From: Qing Huang <hidden>
Date: 2018-09-14 18:34:00
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From: Qing Huang <hidden>
Date: 2018-09-14 18:34:00
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linux-rdma, lkml
On 9/14/2018 11:17 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 10:15:48AM -0700, Qing Huang wrote:quoted
The FW version is actually a very crucial piece of information and only printed once here when the driver is loaded. People tend to get confused when switching multiple FW files back and forth without running separate utility tools, especially at customer sites. IMHO, this information is very useful and only takes up very little log file space. :-)Why not use ethtool -i ? $ sudo ethtool -i eth0 driver: r8169 version: 2.3LK-NAPI firmware-version: rtl8168g-2_0.0.1 02/06/13 Andrew
Sure. You can also use ibstat or ibv_devinfo tool if they are installed. But it's not very convenient in some cases. E.g. A customer upgrades FW on HCAs and encounters issues. During triage, it's much easier to study customer uploaded log files when remotely testing different FW files. Thanks.