netdev - Re: [PATCH] sh_eth: no need to call ether

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Date:	Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:49:58 +0900
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nobuhiro.iwamatsu.yj@...esas.com,
	linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh_eth: no need to call ether_setup()

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:24:47AM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> There's no need to call ether_setup() in the driver since prior alloc_etherdev()
> call already arranges for it.
> 
> Suggested-by: Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>


Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>

> 
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c |    3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
> ===================================================================
> --- net-next.orig/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
> +++ net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
> @@ -2639,9 +2639,6 @@ static int sh_eth_drv_probe(struct platf
>  
>  	SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, &pdev->dev);
>  
> -	/* Fill in the fields of the device structure with ethernet values. */
> -	ether_setup(ndev);
> -
>  	mdp = netdev_priv(ndev);
>  	mdp->num_tx_ring = TX_RING_SIZE;
>  	mdp->num_rx_ring = RX_RING_SIZE;
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