[PATCH net-next] w5100: using eth_hw_addr_random() for random MAC and set device flag

Subsystems: networking drivers, the rest

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2012-08-24 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH net-next] w5100: using eth_hw_addr_random() for random MAC and set device flag

From: Wei Yongjun <hidden>
Date: 2012-08-23 07:28:20

From: Wei Yongjun <redacted>

Using eth_hw_addr_random() to generate a random Ethernet address
(MAC) to be used by a net device and set addr_assign_type.
Not need to duplicating its implementation.

spatch with a semantic match is used to found this problem.
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c
index a5826a3..2c08bf6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5100.c
@@ -637,8 +637,7 @@ static int __devinit w5100_hw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (data && is_valid_ether_addr(data->mac_addr)) {
 		memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, data->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	} else {
-		eth_random_addr(ndev->dev_addr);
-		ndev->addr_assign_type |= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
+		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 	}
 
 	mem = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);

Re: [PATCH net-next] w5100: using eth_hw_addr_random() for random MAC and set device flag

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2012-08-24 17:30:58

From: Wei Yongjun <redacted>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:28:19 +0800
From: Wei Yongjun <redacted>

Using eth_hw_addr_random() to generate a random Ethernet address
(MAC) to be used by a net device and set addr_assign_type.
Not need to duplicating its implementation.

spatch with a semantic match is used to found this problem.
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <redacted>
Applied.
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