RE: bug: 'ethtool -m' reports spurious alarm & warning threshold values for QSFP28 transceivers

2018-09-27 Thread Chris Preimesberger
mask: 0 TX Power Alarm mask : 0 TX Bias high warn: 12.mA TX Bias low warn: 2.mA TX Bias high alarm : 15.mA TX Bias low alarm : 1.mA TX Bias Warning mask : 0 TX Bias Alarm mask : 0 tech1@D7:~$ tech1@D7:~$ tech1@D7:~$ Chris Preimesberger

RE: bug: 'ethtool -m' reports spurious alarm & warning threshold values for QSFP28 transceivers

2018-09-27 Thread Chris Preimesberger
driver not reporting thresholds to ethtool. I intend to post back here for posterity if/when I get an updated driver that fixes the issue. Thanks again!! Chris Preimesberger | Test & Validation Engineer Transition Networks, Inc. chr...@transition.com direct: +1.952.996.1509 | fax: +

RE: bug: 'ethtool -m' reports spurious alarm & warning threshold values for QSFP28 transceivers

2018-09-27 Thread Chris Preimesberger
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... It looks like Eran's proposed fix would remove all warning and alarm indications from ethtool's output. It's worth mentioning that for me, the following fields always reported correctly as Off while no alarm condition was present and On while alarm condition(s

RE: bug: 'ethtool -m' reports spurious alarm & warning threshold values for QSFP28 transceivers

2018-09-26 Thread Chris Preimesberger
:~$ tech1@D7:~$ Chris Preimesberger | Test & Validation Engineer Transition Networks, Inc. chr...@transition.com direct: +1.952.996.1509 | fax: +1.952.941.2322 | www.transition.com -Original Message- From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:and...@lunn.ch] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2

RE: bug: 'ethtool -m' reports spurious alarm & warning threshold values for QSFP28 transceivers

2018-09-26 Thread Chris Preimesberger
Hello, I'm re-sending in plain text per the auto-reply from a spam filter. I have attached some text files this time, which explain the situation below, in case the below email's font & formatting is now too messed up for easy comprehension. Thank you and best regards. Chris