be2net: Warn users of possible broken functionality on BE2 cards with very old FW versions with latest driver
On very old FW versions < 4.0, the mailbox command to set interrupts
on the card succeeds even though it is not supported and should have
failed, leading to a scenario where interrupts do not work.
Hence warn users to upgrade to a suitable FW version to avoid seeing
broken functionality.
Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 2c38cc4..53ed58b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -3247,6 +3247,12 @@
be_cmd_get_fw_ver(adapter, adapter->fw_ver, adapter->fw_on_flash);
+ if (BE2_chip(adapter) && fw_major_num(adapter->fw_ver) < 4) {
+ dev_err(dev, "Firmware on card is old(%s), IRQs may not work.",
+ adapter->fw_ver);
+ dev_err(dev, "Please upgrade firmware to version >= 4.0\n");
+ }
+
if (adapter->vlans_added)
be_vid_config(adapter);