linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sfc: Don't use netif_info before net

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Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:33:51 -0700
From:   Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
To:     Erik Ekman <erik@...o.se>, Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>,
        "Martin Habets" <habetsm.xilinx@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sfc: Don't use netif_info before net_device setup

On 10/19/2021 3:40 PM, Erik Ekman wrote:
> Use pci_info instead to avoid unnamed/uninitialized noise:
> 
> [197088.688729] sfc 0000:01:00.0: Solarflare NIC detected
> [197088.690333] sfc 0000:01:00.0: Part Number : SFN5122F
> [197088.729061] sfc 0000:01:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): no SR-IOV VFs probed
> [197088.729071] sfc 0000:01:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): no PTP support
> 
> Inspired by fa44821a4ddd ("sfc: don't use netif_info et al before
> net_device is registered") from Heiner Kallweit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Erik Ekman <erik@...o.se>

Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>