i40e: Add additional info to PHY type error
authorLukasz Cieplicki <lukaszx.cieplicki@intel.com>
Mon, 31 May 2021 16:55:49 +0000 (16:55 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 4 Aug 2021 10:27:40 +0000 (12:27 +0200)
commit dc614c46178b0b89bde86ac54fc687a28580d2b7 upstream.

In case of PHY type error occurs, the message was too generic.
Add additional info to PHY type error indicating that it can be
wrong cable connected.

Fixes: 124ed15bf126 ("i40e: Add dual speed module support")
Signed-off-by: Lukasz Cieplicki <lukaszx.cieplicki@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Maloszewski <michal.maloszewski@intel.com>
Tested-by: Tony Brelinski <tonyx.brelinski@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c

index 5e20d508253289d4fad1063859ae09aaf5fe2f3e..2cc4f63b1e91048c1d0fee8b108399fd6e79fc88 100644 (file)
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static void i40e_get_settings_link_up(struct i40e_hw *hw,
        default:
                /* if we got here and link is up something bad is afoot */
                netdev_info(netdev,
-                           "WARNING: Link is up but PHY type 0x%x is not recognized.\n",
+                           "WARNING: Link is up but PHY type 0x%x is not recognized, or incorrect cable is in use\n",
                            hw_link_info->phy_type);
        }