From: Saeed Mahameed <sa...@kernel.org> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:38:28 -0700
> allocated but unregistered netdevices also do not help much as the name > of the netdev is not assigned yet. > > why don't use dev_info(pci_dev) macors for low level functions when > netdev is not available or not allocated yet. The problem in this case is that they have this huge suite of functions that operate on a specific ena sub-object. Most of the time the associated netdev is fully realized, but in the few calls made during early probe it is not. To me it is a serious loss that just because a small number of times the interface lacks a fully realized netdev object, we can't use the netdev_*() routines. Most users aren't going to understand that an error message for PCI device XyZ means eth0 is having problems.
