netdev - Re: [PATCH] add compare_ether_addr

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Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:39:44 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add compare_ether_addr_unaligned

On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 09:26:31PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 12:09:22AM +0000, Daniel Drake wrote:
> > David Miller found a problem in a wireless driver where I was using
> > compare_ether_addr() on potentially unaligned data. Document that
> > compare_ether_addr() is not safe for use everywhere, and add an equivalent
> > function that works regardless of alignment.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>
> 
> Patch applied to net-2.6.  Thanks.

Since it turned out that this function wouldn't be useful in
the case that you originally intended it for, I'm going to drop
it until such a time when a new need arises.

Cheers,
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