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[net-next,09/13] sfc: Use canonical pointer type for MAC address in efx_set_mac_address()

Message ID 52F027B9.4020608@solarflare.com
State Deferred, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Commit Message

Shradha Shah Feb. 3, 2014, 11:35 p.m. UTC 
From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>

Functions such as is_valid_ether_addr() expect u8 *, so use that
instead of char *.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Shradha Shah <sshah@solarflare.com>
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 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index 84a1e11..91acdc2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@  static int efx_set_mac_address(struct net_device *net_dev, void *data)
 {
 	struct efx_nic *efx = netdev_priv(net_dev);
 	struct sockaddr *addr = data;
-	char *new_addr = addr->sa_data;
+	u8 *new_addr = addr->sa_data;
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(new_addr)) {
 		netif_err(efx, drv, efx->net_dev,