Re: [PATCH v2 net] drivers: net: Don't print unpopulated net_device name

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 net] drivers: net: Don't print unpopulated net_device name
Date	2016-05-17 18:40 +0200
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From: Harvey Hunt <harvey.hunt@imgtec.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 14:33:27 +0100

> For ethernet devices, net_device.name will be eth%d before
> register_netdev() is called. Don't print the net_device name until
> the format string is replaced.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Harvey Hunt <harvey.hunt@imgtec.com>
> Cc: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel@ziswiler.com>
> Cc: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
> Cc: Barry Song <Baohua.Song@csr.com>
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 
> ---
> v1 -> v2:
>  - Replace ifconfig with ip
>  - Delay printk until the netdev name is known

Yeah this looks a lot better, applied, thanks!

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[PATCH v2 net] drivers: net: Don't print unpopulated net_device name Harvey Hunt <harvey.hunt@imgtec.com> - 2016-05-17 15:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 net] drivers: net: Don't print unpopulated  net_device name David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-05-17 18:40 +0200

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