netdev - Re: [NET-NEXT PATCH 1/5] igb: link up/down messages must follow a specific format

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Message-ID: <87r64x30je.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:50:45 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [NET-NEXT PATCH 1/5] igb: link up/down messages must follow a specific format

Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> writes:

> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
>
> The system log messages created on a link status change need to follow a
> specific format to work with tools some customers use.

It would be better to define standard helper functions that output this
format somewhere. Then this could be also used in other drivers.

-Andi

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