linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: Use ether_addr_copy() on vnt

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Message-ID: <20150113184227.GK30114@box2.japko.eu>
Date:	Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:42:28 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Adamski <k@...ko.eu>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: Use ether_addr_copy() on vnt_private
 members.

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 07:42:12PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 05:15:41PM +0100, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
>> This patch fixes checkpatch.pl warning:
>> WARNING: Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet
>> addresses are __aligned(2)
>>
>> current_net_addr and permanent_net_addr members of vnt_private alignment
>> is changed to at last 16 bits so that ether_addr_copy can be safely used
>> on them.
>>
>> buf->data is of type ieee80211_cts which is already properly aligned.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Adamski <k@...ko.eu>
>> ---
>> drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h   |    4 ++--
>> drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c |    3 ++-
>> drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c     |    4 ++--
>> 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
>Doesn't apply to my tree :(

Strange, I was trying to apply this on your tree to fix any conflicts 
but apparently you already has this patch in your staging-testing 
branch. And as far as I can tell I only sent it once to you.
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