From: Harvey Hunt <harvey.h...@imgtec.com> Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 17:43:21 +0100
> @@ -1686,8 +1686,7 @@ dm9000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > } > > if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) { > - dev_warn(db->dev, "%s: Invalid ethernet MAC address. Please " > - "set using ifconfig\n", ndev->name); > + dev_warn(db->dev, "Invalid ethernet MAC address. Please set > using ifconfig\n"); > > eth_hw_addr_random(ndev); > mac_src = "random"; If we don't print the netdev name, it's harder for the user to see which adapter has the problem. Therefore, it is better if you save some boolean state into a local variable here, then print the warning right after register_netdev(). Likewise for the rest of your changes too.