netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Add netdev

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Message-Id: <d99881d8-d42c-ad94-b685-1038d32a9bae@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 Aug 2017 12:27:38 -0500
From:   Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Add netdev_dbg output for debugging

On 08/08/2017 11:27 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Aug 2017 15:02:58 -0400
> Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> To ease debugging of the ibmvnic driver add a series of netdev_dbg()
>> statements to track driver status, especially during initialization,
>> removal, and resetting of the driver.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Maybe use netif_dbg() and the message type stuff.

Oh! I like this even more. This just begs to update all of the message
reporting in the driver though.

Let's scrap this patch. I'll work on a new patchset based on using
the netif_*() infrastructure.

-Nathan