netdev - Re: [stable] bnxt_en: Move devlink_register before registering netdev

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Message-ID: <20200203152755.577057b0@cakuba.hsd1.ca.comcast.net>
Date:   Mon, 3 Feb 2020 15:27:55 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [stable] bnxt_en: Move devlink_register before registering
 netdev

On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 23:42:00 -0800, Michael Chan wrote:
> David, I'd like to request this patch for 5.4 and 5.5 stable kernels.
> Without this patch, the phys_port_name may not be registered in time
> for the netdev and some users report seeing inconsistent naming of the
> device.  Thanks.
> 
> commit cda2cab0771183932d6ba73c5ac63bb63decdadf
> Author: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
> Date:   Mon Jan 27 04:56:22 2020 -0500
> 
>     bnxt_en: Move devlink_register before registering netdev

Queued!