Subject: Re: [PATCH] Gigabit Ethernet driver of Topcliff PCH

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:29:29 -0700

On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:16:12 -0700
Joe Perches <[email-masked]> wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 09:05 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > +	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
> > +		printk(KERN_INFO "%2.2x%c",
> > +			netdev->dev_addr[i], i == 5 ? '\n' : ':');
> > 
> > you just want:
> >          printk(KERN_INFO "%pM", netdev->dev_addr);
> > 
> > or better yet, convert to dev_printk
> 
> or perhaps better still convert to netdev_info
> 
> My message logging order preference:
> 
> if there's a netif_msg_<type> and a struct net_device
> 	netif_<level>		(struct private *, netif_msg_<type>,
> 				 struct net_device *, fmt, args...)
> if there's a struct net_device
> 	netdev_<level>		(struct net_device *, fmt, args...)
> if there's a struct device
> 	dev_<level>		(struct device *, fmt, args...)
> otherwise
> 	pr_<level>		(fmt, args...)
> 
> 

At this point in process, netdevice isn't registered so it
doesn't have a ethX name. so dev_info would be best.

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