Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] adi: adapt to eth_hw_addr_random() and changes in arch/blackfin

From: Mike Frysinger
Date: Fri Feb 17 2012 - 18:15:58 EST


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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