netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] etherdevice: Use ether_addr

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Message-Id: <20140115.153951.743060257410154565.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:39:51 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	joe@...ches.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] etherdevice: Use ether_addr_copy to copy
 an Ethernet address

From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:18:47 -0800

> Some systems can use the normally known u16 alignment of
> Ethernet addresses to save some code/text bytes and cycles.
> 
> This does not change currently emitted code on x86 by gcc 4.8.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

This looks fine, in fact I'll apply it.
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