From 3f923a48dac0584270c32296d49e0c70b067e4f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Keller Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:37:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ice: mention fw_activate action along with devlink reload The ice driver reports a helpful status message when updating firmware indicating what action is necessary to enable the new firmware. This is done because some updates require power cycling or rebooting the machine but some can be activated via devlink. The ice driver only supports activating firmware with the specific action of "fw_activate" a bare "devlink dev reload" will *not* update the firmware, and will only perform driver reinitialization. Update the status message to explicitly reflect that the reload must use the fw_activate action. I considered modifying the text to spell out the full command, but felt that was both overkill and something that would belong better as part of the user space program and not hard coded into the kernel driver output. Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260430-jk-iwl-net-next-2026-04-30-v1-11-6f27ae1cd073@intel.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fw_update.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fw_update.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fw_update.c index c143e546dd8c..36314610927b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fw_update.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fw_update.c @@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static int ice_finalize_update(struct pldmfw *context) switch (priv->reset_level) { case ICE_AQC_NVM_EMPR_FLAG: devlink_flash_update_status_notify(devlink, - "Activate new firmware by devlink reload", + "Activate new firmware by devlink reload action fw_activate", NULL, 0, 0); break; case ICE_AQC_NVM_PERST_FLAG: