Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4_core: print firmware version during driver loading | From | Qing Huang <> | Date | Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:33:40 -0700 |
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On 9/14/2018 11:17 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 10:15:48AM -0700, Qing Huang wrote: >> 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.
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