Re: [PATCH V2 3/3] ethernet: Convert mac address uses of 6 to ETH_ALEN

On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 01:31:09PM -0700, Olof Johansson wrote:

Hi,

On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Joe Perches [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pasemi/pasemi_mac.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/pasemi/pasemi_mac.h
index e2f4efa..649fdb4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pasemi/pasemi_mac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pasemi/pasemi_mac.h

@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ struct pasemi_mac {
        int             last_cs;
        int             num_cs;
        u32             dma_if;
-       u8              type;
 #define MAC_TYPE_GMAC  1
 #define MAC_TYPE_XAUI  2

-       u8              mac_addr[6];
+       u8              mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
+       u8              type;

Just promote 'type' to u32 instead, saves you from moving the #defines
down, etc, etc.

There's a more fundamental question which has to be asked: what is the
point of moving that in the first place?