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

[Tony Nguyen]

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.ert...@intel.com/ 

Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoer...@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);
                }