netdev - Re: [PATCH] r8152: Add support for setting MAC to system's Auxiliary MAC address

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Message-ID: <8760tsypr5.fsf@nemi.mork.no>
Date:	Thu, 02 Jun 2016 10:11:10 +0200
From:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:	<Mario_Limonciello@...l.com>
Cc:	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <hayeswang@...ltek.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
	<anthony.wong@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8152: Add support for setting MAC to system's Auxiliary MAC address

<Mario_Limonciello@...l.com> writes:

>> > +static u8 amac_ascii_to_hex(int c)
>> > +{
>> > +	if (c <= 0x39)
>> > +		return (u8)(c - 0x30);
>> > +	else if (c <= 0x46)
>> > +		return (u8)(c - 0x37);
>> > +	return (u8)(c - 0x57);
>> > +}
>> 
>
> Sorry forgot to address this.  
>
>> We really don't have such a function somewhere in the kernel already?
>
> There is a function in acpi/acpica/uthex.c that does this, but it doesn't seem to be used by anything outside of acpica so far.  Would it be OK style wise to 
> #include " ../../acpi/acpica/acutils.h" from r8152.c?  

Makes me wonder where you looked....  You have hex_to_bin() and
hex2bin() in include/linux/kernel.h

You could look at usbnet_get_ethernet_addr() for an example of how to do
this properly.  It's pretty close to this driver in the tree, and should
be a natural starting point before reinventing the wheel...



Bjørn