netdev - Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/defxx.c: use %pMF to show MAC address

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Date:	Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:39:10 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, macro@...ux-mips.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/defxx.c: use %pMF to show MAC address

On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 16:24 -0700, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> Use the %pMF kernel extension to display the MAC address.
> The address will still be displayed in the FDDI Canonical format.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/defxx.c b/drivers/net/defxx.c
> index 6a6ea03..e4eac4b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/defxx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/defxx.c
> @@ -1052,12 +1052,9 @@ static int __devinit dfx_driver_init(struct net_device *dev,
>  		board_name = "DEFEA";
>  	if (dfx_bus_pci)
>  		board_name = "DEFPA";
> -	pr_info("%s: %s at %saddr = 0x%llx, IRQ = %d, "
> -		"Hardware addr = %02X-%02X-%02X-%02X-%02X-%02X\n",
> +	pr_info("%s: %s at %saddr = 0x%llx, IRQ = %d, Hardware addr = %pMF\n",
>  		print_name, board_name, dfx_use_mmio ? "" : "I/O ",

I believe the output will _now_ be in the canonical form.
Before it wasn't bit reversed.  Now it should be.

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