From: Frans Pop With 2.6.27-rc3 I noticed the following messages in my boot log: 0000:01:00.0: 0000:01:00.0: Warning: detected DSPD enabled in EEPROM 0000:01:00.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) 00:16:76:04:ff:09 The second seems correct, but the first has a silly repetition of the PCI device before the actual message. The message originates from e1000_eeprom_checks in e1000e/netdev.c. With this patch below the first message becomes e1000e 0000:01:00.0: Warning: detected DSPD enabled in EEPROM which makes it similar to directly preceding messages. Use dev_warn instead of e_warn in e1000_eeprom_checks() as the interface name has not yet been assigned at that point. Signed-off-by: Frans Pop Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Cc: Jeff Garzik Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c~e1000e-avoid-duplicated-output-of-device-name-in-kernel-warning drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c --- a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c~e1000e-avoid-duplicated-output-of-device-name-in-kernel-warning +++ a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c @@ -4671,13 +4671,15 @@ static void e1000_eeprom_checks(struct e ret_val = e1000_read_nvm(hw, NVM_INIT_CONTROL2_REG, 1, &buf); if (!(le16_to_cpu(buf) & (1 << 0))) { /* Deep Smart Power Down (DSPD) */ - e_warn("Warning: detected DSPD enabled in EEPROM\n"); + dev_warn(&adapter->pdev-dev, + "Warning: detected DSPD enabled in EEPROM\n"); } ret_val = e1000_read_nvm(hw, NVM_INIT_3GIO_3, 1, &buf); if (le16_to_cpu(buf) & (3 << 2)) { /* ASPM enable */ - e_warn("Warning: detected ASPM enabled in EEPROM\n"); + dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, + "Warning: detected ASPM enabled in EEPROM\n"); } } _