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.

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);
 		}
 
-- 
2.51.0

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org> On Behalf
> Of Thomas Bogendoerfer
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2026 10:45 AM
> To: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>; Kitszel,
> Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>; Andrew Lunn
> <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>; David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>; Eric
> Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Paolo
> Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>; intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org;
> netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next] ice: rephrase LLDP filter
> fallback message
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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);
>  		}
> 
> --
> 2.51.0

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>