netdev - Re: [linux-nics] [PATCH] ixgbe: Look up MAC address in Open Firmware

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Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:40:15 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux.nics@...el.com
Subject: Re: [linux-nics] [PATCH] ixgbe: Look up MAC address in Open Firmware

On Fri, 2014-11-14 at 15:20 -0500, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> >>>>> "Sergei" == Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
> writes:
> 
> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_OF
> >> + ixgbe_of_mac_addr(adapter);
> >> +#endif
> 
> Sergei>    Eww... why not define the following above instead:
> 
> Sergei> #else
> Sergei> static inline void ixgbe_of_mac_addr(struct ixgbe_adapter
> Sergei> *adapter) {}
> Sergei> #endif
> 
> I don't care much either way. But we might as well do this, then, and
> shave off an ifdef...
> 
> commit 01e25f145972563ee87ebf85b7cb02a4ff8fce3b
> Author: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
> Date:   Wed Nov 12 20:47:42 2014 -0500
> 
>     ixgbe: Look up MAC address in Open Firmware
>     
>     Attempt to look up the MAC address in Open Firmware on systems
> that
>     support it. If the "local-mac-address" property is not valid
> resort to
>     using the IDPROM value.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>

Was this meant to be a v2 patch???  Yikes!

Based on the feedback from Segei, Dave and Jesse.  Dropping this patch
from my queue and will wait for a properly formatted v2 of this patch.

Please CC me on any future patches against any changes to
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/*

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