Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: drv-net: print device info at the start

Simon Horman <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 17:26:34 +0100

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 02:19:44PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> When a reviewer asks a developer to run an upstream test during code
> review, it's often ambiguous whether the test was actually run against
> a real device, or just against netdevsim. Print the driver name and
> ifname at the start of the test, e.g.:
> 
>   # Interface: enp0s13f0u1u4, driver: r8152
>   TAP version 13
>   1..1
>   ok 1 ...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email protected]>