On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 05:23:12PM +0300, Tal Gilboa wrote:
> On 8/8/2018 9:08 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 06:25:42PM -0500, Alexandru Gagniuc wrote:
> > > This is now done by the PCI core to warn of sub-optimal bandwidth.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c | 4 ----
> > >   1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@mellanox.com>
> >
>
> Alex,
> I loaded mlx5 driver with and without these series. The report in dmesg is
> now missing. From what I understood, the status should be reported at least
> once, even if everything is in order.

It is not what this series is doing and it removes prints completely if
fabric can deliver more than card is capable.

> We need this functionality to stay.

I'm not sure that you need this information in driver's dmesg output,
but most probably something globally visible and accessible per-pci
device.

>
> net-next (dmesg output for 07:00.0):
> [270498.625351] mlx5_core 0000:07:00.0: firmware version: 14.22.4020
> [270498.632130] mlx5_core 0000:07:00.0: 63.008 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth
> (8 GT/s x8 link)
> [270499.169533] (0000:07:00.0): E-Switch: Total vports 9, per vport: max
> uc(1024) max mc(16384)
> [270499.182358] mlx5_core 0000:07:00.0: Port module event: module 0, Cable
> plugged
>
> net-next + patches (dmesg output for 07:00.0):
> [  331.608472] mlx5_core 0000:07:00.0: firmware version: 14.22.4020
> [  332.564938] (0000:07:00.0): E-Switch: Total vports 9, per vport: max
> uc(1024) max mc(16384)
> [  332.616271] mlx5_core 0000:07:00.0: Port module event: module 0, Cable
> plugged
>
>