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SubjectRe: [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: don't munge MAC address from platform data
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.


Lothar Waßmann
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