Re: [PATCH 2/3] include: Convert ethernet mac address declarations to use ETH_ALEN
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: 2013-07-29 19:34:27
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On Mon, 2013-07-29 at 13:59 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
On Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:29:04 PM Joe Perches wrote:quoted
It's convenient to have ethernet mac addresses use ETH_ALEN to be able to grep for them a bit easier and also to ensure that the addresses are __aligned(2).
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diff --git a/include/acpi/actbl2.h b/include/acpi/actbl2.h
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@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
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+#include <linux/if_ether.h> +
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@@ -605,7 +607,7 @@ struct acpi_ibft_nic {
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- u8 mac_address[6]; + u8 mac_address[ETH_ALEN];
Please don't touch this file. It comes from a code base outside of the kernel and should be kept in sync with the upstream.
Which files in include/acpi have this characteristic? Perhaps an include/acpi/README is appropriate.