linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net] drivers: net: Don't print unpopulated net

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2016 12:31:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	harvey.hunt@...tec.com
Cc:	marcel@...wiler.com, robert.jarzmik@...e.fr, Baohua.Song@....com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] drivers: net: Don't print unpopulated
 net_device name

From: Harvey Hunt <harvey.hunt@...tec.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@...tec.com>
> Cc: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel@...wiler.com>
> Cc: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
> Cc: Barry Song <Baohua.Song@....com>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org 
> ---
> v1 -> v2:
>  - Replace ifconfig with ip
>  - Delay printk until the netdev name is known

Yeah this looks a lot better, applied, thanks!