Before the netdev is registered, calling netdev_info() will emit something as "(unnamed net device) (uninitialized)", looks confusing.
Before this patch: [ 3.155028] stmmaceth f7b60000.ethernet (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): device MAC address 52:1a:55:18:9e:9d After this patch: [ 3.155028] stmmaceth f7b60000.ethernet: device MAC address 52:1a:55:18:9e:9d Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c index 08022fbcb67a..7af083c29b36 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c @@ -2167,8 +2167,8 @@ static void stmmac_check_ether_addr(struct stmmac_priv *priv) stmmac_get_umac_addr(priv, priv->hw, priv->dev->dev_addr, 0); if (!is_valid_ether_addr(priv->dev->dev_addr)) eth_hw_addr_random(priv->dev); - netdev_info(priv->dev, "device MAC address %pM\n", - priv->dev->dev_addr); + dev_info(priv->device, "device MAC address %pM\n", + priv->dev->dev_addr); } } -- 2.20.1
