Dear Linux folks,
On the POWER8 server IBM S822LC (ppc64le), I am unable to set the
message level for the network device to 0x0100000 but it fails.
$ sudo ethtool -s enP1p1s0f2 msglvl 0x0100000
netlink error: cannot modify bits past kernel bitset size (offset 56)
netlink error: Invalid argument
Below is more information. 0x7fff is the largest value I am able to set.
```
$ sudo ethtool -i enP1p1s0f2
driver: bnx2x
version: 5.17.0-rc7+
firmware-version: bc 7.10.4
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0001:01:00.2
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: yes
$ sudo ethtool -s enP1p1s0f2 msglvl 0x7fff
$ sudo ethtool enP1p1s0f2
Settings for enP1p1s0f2:
Supported ports: [ TP ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Supported FEC modes: Not reported
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
Speed: Unknown!
Duplex: Unknown! (255)
Auto-negotiation: on
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 17
Transceiver: internal
MDI-X: Unknown
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x00007fff (32767)
drv probe link timer ifdown ifup rx_err
tx_err tx_queued intr tx_done rx_status pktdata hw wol
Link detected: no
$ sudo ethtool -s enP1p1s0f2 msglvl 0x8000
netlink error: cannot modify bits past kernel bitset size (offset 56)
netlink error: Invalid argument
```
Kind regards,
Paul
PS: This is unrelated to the other problem.
