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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: core: move mac_pton() to lib/net_utils.c
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:43:23 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Date: Tue,  4 Jun 2013 19:46:26 +0300

> Since we have at least one user of this function outside of CONFIG_NET
> scope, we have to provide this function independently. The proposed
> solution is to move it under lib/net_utils.c with corresponding
> configuration variable and select wherever it is needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

I do not see a mac_pton() usage under drivers/misc in any of my trees,
so I really am not the person to apply this.