netdev - Re: [patch net-next 0/2] net: init perm

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Date:	Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:01:06 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, shemminger@...tta.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, amwang@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 0/2] net: init perm_addr properly and on one
 place

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Tue,  8 Jan 2013 12:38:24 +0100

> So far, it has been driver's responsibility to initialize ->perm_addr. Many
> of them does not do that though. So benefit from ->addr_assign_type existence
> and in case the type is NET_ADDR_PERM, set the ->perm_addr during dev register
> process. That allows to remove most of the driver's initializations (that what
> happen before register_netdevice() call).
> 
> Jiri Pirko (2):
>   net: init perm_addr in register_netdevice()
>   remove init of dev->perm_addr in drivers

Nice cleanup, all applied, thanks!
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