Re: [PATCH v3 05/10] net/fec: add dual fec support for mx28

Hi Uwe,

On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 08:10:47AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

Hello Shawn,

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+     /*
+      * enet-mac reset will reset mac address registers too,
+      * so need to reconfigure it.
+      */
+     if (fec_is_enetmac) {
+             memcpy(&temp_mac, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);

		  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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+             writel(cpu_to_be32(temp_mac[0]), fep->hwp + FEC_ADDR_LOW);
+             writel(cpu_to_be32(temp_mac[1]), fep->hwp + FEC_ADDR_HIGH);

where is the value saved to temp_mac[]?  For me it looks you write
uninitialized data into the mac registers.

memcpy above.

oops.  right.  I looked for something like

	temp_mac[0] = dev->dev_addr[0] << $shiftfor0 | ...

which AFAIK is what you want here.  memcpy is sensible to (at least)
endian issues.  If you ask me factor out the setting of the mac address
in probe to a function and use that here, too.

The memcpy of mac address is being widely used in fec and other
network drivers, and I do not prefer to change something so common
in this patch set.

-- 
Regards,
Shawn