netdev - [PATCH net-next 09/13] sfc: Use canonical pointer type for MAC address in efx_set_mac

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Date:	Mon, 3 Feb 2014 23:35:21 +0000
From:	Shradha Shah <sshah@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 09/13] sfc: Use canonical pointer type for MAC address
 in efx_set_mac_address()

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Functions such as is_valid_ether_addr() expect u8 *, so use that
instead of char *.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Shradha Shah <sshah@...arflare.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index 84a1e11..91acdc2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ static int efx_set_mac_address(struct net_device *net_dev, void *data)
 {
 	struct efx_nic *efx = netdev_priv(net_dev);
 	struct sockaddr *addr = data;
-	char *new_addr = addr->sa_data;
+	u8 *new_addr = addr->sa_data;
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(new_addr)) {
 		netif_err(efx, drv, efx->net_dev,

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