netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: add Faraday FTMAC100 10/100 Ethernet driver

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Date:	Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:49:45 +0800
From:	Po-Yu Chuang <ratbert.chuang@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Po-Yu Chuang <ratbert@...aday-tech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: add Faraday FTMAC100 10/100 Ethernet driver

Dear Joe,

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 19:49 +0800, Po-Yu Chuang wrote:
>> From: Po-Yu Chuang <ratbert@...aday-tech.com>
> []
>> +     if (is_zero_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
>> +             random_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr);
>> +             dev_info(&netdev->dev, "generated random MAC address "
>> +                     "%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x.\n",
>> +                     netdev->dev_addr[0], netdev->dev_addr[1],
>> +                     netdev->dev_addr[2], netdev->dev_addr[3],
>> +                     netdev->dev_addr[4], netdev->dev_addr[5]);
>
> Sorry, one other thing.
> There are kernel specific printf extensions for pointer types.
> (look at lib/vsprintf.c)  There's one for mac addresses: "%pM".
> This could be done as:
>
>                netdev_info(netdev, "Generated random MAC address: %pM\n",
>                            netdev->dev_addr);

Wow, this is pretty beautiful. Thanks.

best regards,
Po-Yu Chuang
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