Re: [PATCH net-next] ice: rephrase LLDP filter fallback message

[Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>]

On 7/17/2026 1:44 AM, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> Seeing an error message in a logfile triggers scripts/admins thinking of
> problems. The LLDP fallback message itself is not an error, it just
> indicates it's using a different filter mechanism. So rephrase to a
> less "scary" message.

Hi Thomas,

I believe this patch [1] will remove the need for this change. Could 
test it and confirm that it will work for you?

Thanks,
Tony

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/intel-wired-lan/20260811181127.1142095-1-david.m.ertman@intel.com/ 

> Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@suse.de>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
> index 8cdc4fda89e9..59341b5a0c05 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
> @@ -2097,7 +2097,7 @@ void ice_vsi_cfg_sw_lldp(struct ice_vsi *vsi, bool tx, bool create)
>   				goto report;
>   
>   			dev_info(dev,
> -				 "Failed to add generic LLDP Rx filter on VSI %i error: %d, falling back to specialized AQ control\n",
> +				 "Using generic LLDP Rx filter on VSI %i is not possible (%d), falling back to specialized AQ control\n",
>   				 vsi->vsi_num, status);
>   		}
>