SK hynix BC511: warning: nvme nvme0: missing or invalid SUBNQN field.

[Paul Menzel]

[cc: +Dell.Client.Kernel at dell.com as it’s a Dell device]

Dear Keith,


Thank you for your prompt response.

Am 17.08.21 um 18:16 schrieb Keith Busch:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 05:10:40PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
>> On a Dell OptiPlex 7780 AIO/04G47W (BIOS 1.6.3 03/08/2021) Linux 5.10.47
>> shows the warning below:
>>
>>      $ dmesg | grep nvme
>>      [    3.015392] nvme 0000:02:00.0: platform quirk: setting simple suspend
>>      [    3.021861] nvme nvme0: pci function 0000:02:00.0
>>      [    3.026593] ahci 0000:00:17.0: version 3.0
>>      [    3.026922] ahci 0000:00:17.0: AHCI 0001.0301 32 slots 1 ports 6 Gbps 0x1 impl SATA mode
>>      [    3.035020] ahci 0000:00:17.0: flags: 64bit ncq sntf pm clo only pio slum part ems deso sadm sds apst
>>      [    3.035219] nvme nvme0: missing or invalid SUBNQN field.
>>      [    3.044518] scsi host0: ahci
>>      [    3.051632] nvme nvme0: 12/0/0 default/read/poll queues
>>      [    3.052590] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048 at 0xd1339000 port 0xd1339100 irq 125
>>      [    3.058538]  nvme0n1: p1 p2 p3
>>
>> Should it be added to the quirk list in `drivers/nvme/host/pci.c` or is it a
>> real issues, the manufacturer should fix? If so, do you have SK Hynix
>> contacts?
> 
> It would be great if device makers would be spec compliant, but the
> driver will continue to work with the device the same whether you add
> the quirk or not.

Could you please point me to the NVMe specification section, so I can 
refer to it, when contacting the manufacturer?

> The quirk just suppresses the nqn check and warning. Feel free to add
> it if you don't like seeing the warning message or if the
> manufacturer can't resolve the compliance issue.
Understood. I am going to do that, when it can’t be resolved.


Kind regards,

Paul