From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Lothar_Wa=C3=9Fmann?= Subject: Re: [PATCH][NET] several cleanups and bugfixes for fec.c: don't munge MAC address from platform data Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 09:47:37 +0100 Message-ID: <20191.10281.826050.193987@ipc1.ka-ro> References: <55b78c1766da5b0d0d679f5eae3fb9fc74a6ceef.1323163127.git.LW@KARO-electronics.de> <20111207084953.GD5550@S2100-06.ap.freescale.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: , Shawn Guo , , To: Shawn Guo Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20111207084953.GD5550@S2100-06.ap.freescale.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hi, Shawn Guo writes: > On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 11:27:13AM +0100, Lothar Wa=C3=9Fmann 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 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 Wa=C3=9Fmann --=20 ___________________________________________________________ Ka-Ro electronics GmbH | Pascalstra=C3=9Fe 22 | D - 52076 Aachen Phone: +49 2408 1402-0 | Fax: +49 2408 1402-10 Gesch=C3=A4ftsf=C3=BChrer: Matthias Kaussen Handelsregistereintrag: Amtsgericht Aachen, HRB 4996 www.karo-electronics.de | info@karo-electronics.de ___________________________________________________________