netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ethernet: remove random_ether

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Date:   Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:41:58 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        grygorii.strashko@...com, vigneshr@...com, joe@...ches.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ethernet: remove random_ether_addr()

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 01:54:50PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> random_ether_addr() was the original name of the helper which
> was kept for backward compatibility (?) after the rename in
> commit 0a4dd594982a ("etherdevice: Rename random_ether_addr
> to eth_random_addr").
> 
> We have a single random_ether_addr() caller left in tree
> while there are 70 callers of eth_random_addr().
> Time to drop this define.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>