From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: core: move mac_pton() to lib/net_utils.c Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:44:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20130605.014402.1624717193379705510.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1370364386-5034-1-git-send-email-andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> <20130604.174323.350497684225826523.davem@davemloft.net> <34263486.86xmxk21Lq@wuerfel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: andy.shevchenko@gmail.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: arnd@arndb.de Return-path: In-Reply-To: <34263486.86xmxk21Lq@wuerfel> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Arnd Bergmann Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:41:45 +0200 > On Tuesday 04 June 2013 17:43:23 David Miller wrote: >> From: Andy Shevchenko >> 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 >> > Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann >> >> 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. > > Greg merged the Andy's patch that added the usage in the char-misc tree, > which broke yesterday's linux-next for some 'randconfig' builds. > > Can you provide an Ack for Greg to apply the patch to his tree? Sure: Acked-by: David S. Miller