From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@bisect.de>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com>,
Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>,
Bob Liu <bob.liu@analog.com>,
uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] adi: adapt to eth_hw_addr_random() and changes in arch/blackfin
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:15:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201202171815.59846.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201202171157.55585.danny.kukawka@bisect.de>
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On Friday 17 February 2012 05:57:54 Danny Kukawka wrote:
> On Freitag, 17. Februar 2012, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:09, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> > > + netdev_warn(ndev, "Setting Ethernet MAC to a
> > > random one\n"); + eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
> >
> > would it make sense to have the core dump the warning ?
>
> Maybe. Many drivers already print information about setting a random mac
> address to a netdevice. Some with printk, some via
> netdev_warn/netdev_info/netdev_dbg or netif_dbg and other with costum
> methods. I could unify this, in a next step with a netdev_info in
> eth_hw_addr_random(), if it's okay for David.
i think unification in the core makes sense. it enforces consistency and
removes duplication.
-mike
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-17 23:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-16 17:09 [PATCH v2 0/2] Part 3: handle random addresses on blackfin Danny Kukawka
2012-02-16 17:09 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] arch/blackfin: don't generate random mac in bfin_get_ether_addr() Danny Kukawka
2012-02-17 4:38 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-02-20 0:05 ` David Miller
2012-02-16 17:09 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] adi: adapt to eth_hw_addr_random() and changes in arch/blackfin Danny Kukawka
2012-02-17 4:37 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-02-17 10:57 ` Danny Kukawka
2012-02-17 23:15 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2012-02-17 23:27 ` Joe Perches
2012-02-18 13:28 ` Danny Kukawka
2012-02-19 2:47 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-02-20 0:05 ` David Miller
2012-02-20 0:05 ` David Miller
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