linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/macb: Add hardware revision information during probe

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Date:	Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:20:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com
Cc:	nicolas.ferre@...el.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	voice.shen@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/macb: Add hardware revision information during
 probe

From: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:51:36 +0200

> From: Bo Shen <voice.shen@...el.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bo Shen <voice.shen@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> index ca5d7798b265..a3b35c146d9c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> @@ -2241,6 +2241,7 @@ static int __init macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	netif_carrier_off(dev);
>  
> +	netdev_info(dev, "Cadence rev 0x%08x\n", macb_readl(bp, MID));
>  	netdev_info(dev, "Cadence %s at 0x%08lx irq %d (%pM)\n",
>  		    macb_is_gem(bp) ? "GEM" : "MACB", dev->base_addr,
>  		    dev->irq, dev->dev_addr);

This is really sloppy.  The "Cadence %s at ..." is what announces the device,
therefore it's out of context to print out the device revision beforehand.

Why don't you just add it to the existing printout instead?
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