From: =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B8rn_Mork?= Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] e1000e: display a warning message when SmartSpeed works Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:59:32 +0100 Message-ID: <87sj61gu6j.fsf@nemi.mork.no> References: <50F60F18.2030108@jp.fujitsu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, bruce.w.allan@intel.com, carolyn.wyborny@intel.com, donald.c.skidmore@intel.com, gregory.v.rose@intel.com, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com, alexander.h.duyck@intel.com, john.ronciak@intel.com, tushar.n.dave@intel.com, e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To: Koki Sanagi Return-path: Received: from canardo.mork.no ([148.122.252.1]:55605 "EHLO canardo.mork.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751969Ab3APNAE convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:00:04 -0500 In-Reply-To: <50F60F18.2030108@jp.fujitsu.com> (Koki Sanagi's message of "Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:23:20 +0900") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Koki Sanagi writes: > + if (phy->speed_downgraded) > + netdev_warn(netdev, "Link Speed was " > + "downgraded by SmartSpeed\n"); > + Could you please avoid breaking the string both here and in the igb patch? This breaks the ability to grep for the warning. Quoting Documentation/CodingStyle, Chapter 2: "However, never break user-visible strings such as printk messages, because that breaks the ability to grep for them." Bj=C3=B8rn