netdev - Re: [PATCH] METH: fix MAC address handling

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Date:	Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:38:16 +0100
From:	tsbogend@...ha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer)
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	ralf@...ux-mips.org, jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] METH: fix MAC address handling

On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 12:23:05AM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > +	u64 macaddr;
> >  
> > -	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
> > -		dev->dev_addr[i] = o2meth_eaddr[i];
> >  	DPRINTK("Loading MAC Address: %s\n", print_mac(mac, dev->dev_addr));
> > -	mace->eth.mac_addr = (*(unsigned long*)o2meth_eaddr) >> 16;
> > +	macaddr = 0;
> > +	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
> > +		macaddr |= dev->dev_addr[i] << ((5 - i) * 8);
> > +
> > +	mace->eth.mac_addr = macaddr;
> >  }
> >  
> >  /*
> 
> Can you double-check that this conversion is equivalent.

yes, I did.

> I know that this whole driver is full of assumptions about
> the endianness of the system this chip is found on, so
> I'm only interested in if the transformation is equivalent
> and the driver will keep working properly.

I've tested the driver and it's still working :-)

Thomas.

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