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Date:   Thu, 14 May 2020 15:45:03 -0700
From:   Andre Guedes <andre.guedes@...el.com>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
        Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next v2 2/9] igc: Use netdev log helpers in igc_main.c

Hi Heiner,

Quoting Heiner Kallweit (2020-05-14 15:07:42)
> On 14.05.2020 23:31, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > @@ -4877,8 +4870,7 @@ static int igc_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> >  
> >       if (igc_get_flash_presence_i225(hw)) {
> >               if (hw->nvm.ops.validate(hw) < 0) {
> > -                     dev_err(&pdev->dev,
> > -                             "The NVM Checksum Is Not Valid\n");
> > +                     netdev_err(netdev, "The NVM Checksum Is Not Valid\n");
> 
> Using the netdev_xxx message functions before register_netdev() doesn't
> provide a benefit. You get "(unnamed net_device) (uninitialized)" in
> the message instead of a netdev name. Therefore I went the opposite way
> for messages in probe() in 22148df0d0bd ("r8169: don't use netif_info
> et al before net_device has been registered")

Agreed. I'm fixing it. Since this log happens in an error condition, I missed
it in my tests. Thank you for pointing that out.

- Andre