[PATCH]remove deprecated and not used: print_mac()

[PATCH]remove deprecated and not used: print_mac()

[Marin Mitov]

Hi all,

The function print_mac in net/ethernet/eth.c is marked __deprecated
and not used. Remove it.

The patch is against 2.6.32-rc7.

Signed-off-by: Marin Mitov <mitov@issp.bas.bg>

=====================================================================
--- a/include/linux/if_ether.h	2009-11-13 19:16:15.000000000 +0200
+++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h	2009-11-13 19:18:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@
 
 extern ssize_t sysfs_format_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr, int len);
 
-/*
- *	Display a 6 byte device address (MAC) in a readable format.
- */
-extern char *print_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr) __deprecated;
 #define MAC_FMT "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x"
 #define MAC_BUF_SIZE	18
 #define DECLARE_MAC_BUF(var) char var[MAC_BUF_SIZE]

--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c	2009-11-13 19:16:30.000000000 +0200
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c	2009-11-13 19:20:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -393,10 +393,3 @@
 	return ((ssize_t) l);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_format_mac);
-
-char *print_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr)
-{
-	_format_mac_addr(buf, MAC_BUF_SIZE, addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	return buf;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(print_mac);

Re: [PATCH]remove deprecated and not used: print_mac()

[David Miller]

From: Marin Mitov <mitov@issp.bas.bg>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:58:41 +0200

> The function print_mac in net/ethernet/eth.c is marked __deprecated
> and not used. Remove it.
> 
> The patch is against 2.6.32-rc7.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marin Mitov <mitov@issp.bas.bg>

Applied, thanks.