netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: don't duplicate driver name in phy_attached

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Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 10:35:06 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: don't duplicate driver name in
 phy_attached_print

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 03:53:54 +0100 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 04:03:10PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > Currently we print the driver name twice in phy_attached_print():
> > - phy_dev_info() prints it as part of the device info
> > - and we print it as part of the info string
> > 
> > This is a little bit ugly, it makes the info harder to read,
> > especially if the driver name is a little bit longer.
> > Therefore omit the driver name (if set) in the info string.
> > 
> > Example from r8169 that uses phylib:
> > 
> > old: Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY r8169-300:00: attached PHY driver \
> >    [Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-300:00, irq=IGNORE)
> > new: Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY r8169-300:00: attached PHY driver \
> >    (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-300:00, irq=IGNORE)
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>  
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Applied, thanks!