netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/core: Convert to current logging forms

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Message-ID: <1309298140.29598.31.camel@Joe-Laptop>
Date:	Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:55:40 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/core: Convert to current logging forms

On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 14:49 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Does this actually create useful benefit or just create more bug possibilities?

Probably not the bug possibilities.
It's pretty trivial.

> Those messages are mostly self explanatory as is.

It also has some utility for the cases in drivers
between the alloc_netdev and register_netdev[ice]
where printk/pr_<level> currently has to be used.

Beyond that, (foolish?) consistency only.

cheers, Joe

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