[PATCH] net/ice: improve log messages for DDP loading

[Bruce Richardson]

On Sat, May 16, 2026 at 12:19:41PM +0200, David Marchand wrote:
> Some nics may not provide a serial number (PCI capability
> RTE_PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_DSN).
> 
> This results in a confusing ERROR log:
> ICE_INIT: ice_dev_init(): Failed to read device serial number
> 
> This is confusing as DDP loading does *not* require the serial number to
> be present for the port to be functional afterwards.
> 
> Besides, after trying various path, if the default DDP is not present on
> the runtime system, the port initialisation ends up with a vague error:
> ICE_INIT: ice_load_pkg(): failed to search file path
> 
> Improve the situation with adjusting the log level when reading the
> SN fails, then add more debug context to DDP file loading and end up
> with a ERROR log mentioning the expected file.
> 
> ICE_INIT: ice_firmware_read(): Cannot read DDP file
> 	/lib/firmware/updates/intel/ice/ddp/ice-b49691ffffe6e69c.pkg
> ICE_INIT: ice_firmware_read(): Cannot read DDP file
> 	/lib/firmware/intel/ice/ddp/ice-b49691ffffe6e69c.pkg
> ICE_INIT: ice_firmware_read(): Cannot read DDP file
> 	/lib/firmware/updates/intel/ice/ddp/ice.pkg
> ICE_INIT: ice_firmware_read(): Cannot read DDP file
> 	/lib/firmware/intel/ice/ddp/ice.pkg
> ICE_INIT: ice_load_pkg(): Failed to load default DDP package
> 	/lib/firmware/intel/ice/ddp/ice.pkg
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>