netdev - Re: [PATCH 03/11] cirrus/mac89x0: print MAC via printk format specifier

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Date:	Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:00:50 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	danny.kukawka@...ect.de, dkukawka@...e.de,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, jpirko@...hat.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] cirrus/mac89x0: print MAC via printk format specifier

Hi David,

2012/2/28 David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:
> From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:45:30 +0100
>
>> drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/mac89x0.c: In function ‘set_mac_address’:
>> drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/mac89x0.c:597: warning: dereferencing
>> ‘void *’ pointer
>> drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/mac89x0.c:597: error: request for member
>> ‘sa_data’ in something not a structure or union
>> drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/mac89x0.c:600: warning: dereferencing
>> ‘void *’ pointer
>> drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/mac89x0.c:600: error: request for member
>> ‘sa_data’ in something not a structure or union
>> drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/mac89x0.c:595: warning: unused variable ‘saddr’
>
> Thanks, I've fixed this as follows and pushed to net-next:
>
> --------------------
> mac89x0: Fix build error.
>
> Need to use the new 'saddr' variable not the void 'addr' in
> set_mac_address().
>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

Thanks, that fixed the build.

What about the is_valid_ether_addr() check?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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