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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 08/12] ixgbe: using is_zero_ether_addr() to simplify
 the code
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:45:18 -0700
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On Mon, 2012-10-22 at 21:26 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn>
> Using is_zero_ether_addr() to simplify the code.
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
[]
> @@ -1778,8 +1778,7 @@ s32 ixgbe_validate_mac_addr(u8 *mac_addr)
[]
> -	else if (mac_addr[0] == 0 && mac_addr[1] == 0 && mac_addr[2] == 0 &&
> -	         mac_addr[3] == 0 && mac_addr[4] == 0 && mac_addr[5] == 0)
> +	else if (is_zero_ether_addr(mac_addr))

This means the more comprehensive simplifying patch
I submitted doesn't apply.  Easy to fix up though.