From: Andi Kleen <redacted>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:50:45 +0100

Jeff Kirsher [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

From: Alexander Duyck <redacted>

The system log messages created on a link status change need to follow a
specific format to work with tools some customers use.

It would be better to define standard helper functions that output this
format somewhere. Then this could be also used in other drivers.

He's already been told this.