Re: [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: don'tmunge MAC address from platform data

From: Shawn Guo
Date: Wed Dec 07 2011 - 04:02:00 EST


On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 09:47:37AM +0100, Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Shawn Guo writes:
> > On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 11:27:13AM +0100, Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> > > When the MAC address is supplied via platform_data it should be OK as
> > > it is and should not be modified in case of a dual FEC setup.
> > > Also copying the MAC from platform_data to the single 'macaddr'
> > > variable will overwrite the MAC for the first interface in case of a
> > > dual FEC setup.
> >
> > Hmm, I do not follow that. If 'macaddr' holds a valid mac address,
> > the code path has no chance to be hit at all. Otherwise, 'macaddr'
> > is just a place holder for copying mac address from pdata, in which
> > case the mac address will be fixed up at the end of the function for
> > dual FEC setup.
> >
> In case of dual FEC and MAC address provided by platform_data the
> first mac address will be copied to the 'macaddr' variable with no
> chance for the second interface to get its mac address assigned from
> platform_data too.
>
Indeed. So again other than subject,

Acked-by: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Regards,
Shawn

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