netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: fec_mpc52xx: don't discard const from netdev->dev

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Date:   Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:49:37 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: fec_mpc52xx: don't discard const from
 netdev->dev_addr

On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:22:49 -0800 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Recent changes made netdev->dev_addr const, and it's passed
> directly to mpc52xx_fec_set_paddr().
> 
> Similar problem exists on the probe patch, the driver needs
> to call eth_hw_addr_set().
> 
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Fixes: adeef3e32146 ("net: constify netdev->dev_addr")
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

This is in net now:

74afa3063097 ("net: fec_mpc52xx: don't discard const from netdev->dev_addr")