netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: axienet: Utilize of_get_mac

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Message-ID: <20161207123144.GB13408@distanz.ch>
Date:   Wed, 7 Dec 2016 13:31:44 +0100
From:   Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     michal.simek@...inx.com, soren.brinkmann@...inx.com,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: axienet: Utilize of_get_mac_address()

On 2016-12-07 at 13:25:28 +0100, Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch> wrote:
> Do not open code getting the MAC address exclusively from the
> "local-mac-address" property, but instead use of_get_mac_address()
> which looks up the MAC address using the 3 typical property names.
> 
> Also avoid casting away the const qualifier of the return value by
> making axienet_set_mac_address() take a const void* address.
> 
> Follows commit b34296a9c047 ("net: ethoc: Utilize
> of_get_mac_address()").
> 
> Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>

Sorry for the duplicate, please disregard this patch.