netdev - Re: [PATCH] via-velocity: more cleanup

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Date:	Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:18:03 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] via-velocity: more cleanup

On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 02:40:45PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> +static void mac_set_vlan_cam(struct mac_regs __iomem * regs, int idx,
> +			     const u8 *addr)

ITYM const u16 *, if not an outright u16.  These casts (one below and
ones in callers) really should die.

> +	writew(*((u16 *) addr), &regs->MARCAM[0]);
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