netdev - Re: [PATCH] etherdevice: introduce eth_broadcast

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Message-Id: <20120710.180713.2086889114899353418.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:07:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] etherdevice: introduce eth_broadcast_addr

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:18:44 +0200

> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> A lot of code has either the memset or an inefficient copy
> from a static array that contains the all-ones broadcast
> address. Introduce eth_broadcast_addr() to fill an address
> with all ones, making the code clearer and allowing us to
> get rid of some constant arrays.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>

Applied, thanks.
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