netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v2] net/ethernet: remove useless is_valid_ether_addr from drivers ndo

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Message-Id: <20121119.190333.1519528868971851100.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:03:33 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	manabian@...il.com
Cc:	nicolas.ferre@...el.com, shemminger@...tta.com,
	steve.glendinning@...well.net, stigge@...com.de,
	msink@...monline.ru, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2] net/ethernet: remove useless
 is_valid_ether_addr from drivers ndo_open

From: Joachim Eastwood <manabian@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:47:15 +0100

> If ndo_validate_addr is set to the generic eth_validate_addr
> function there is no point in calling is_valid_ether_addr
> from driver ndo_open if ndo_open is not used elsewhere in
> the driver.
> 
> With this change is_valid_ether_addr will be called from the
> generic eth_validate_addr function. So there should be no change
> in the actual behavior.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joachim Eastwood <manabian@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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