On Tuesday 27 September 2011, Mark Salter wrote: > +int soc_mac_addr(unsigned int index, u8 *addr) > +{ > + int i, have_cmdline_mac = 0, have_fuse_mac = 0; > + > + for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) { > + if (cmdline_mac[i]) > + have_cmdline_mac = 1; > + if (c6x_fuse_mac[i]) > + have_fuse_mac = 1; > + } > + > + /* cmdline overrides hardware fuse MAC */ > + if (have_cmdline_mac) > + memcpy(addr, cmdline_mac, 6); > + else if (have_fuse_mac) > + memcpy(addr, c6x_fuse_mac, 6); > + else > + return 0; IMHO it's more important to let the user override the MAC address through the device tree than the command line, although if you allow both, the command line should take precedence. If you think you need to keep the command line option, please add a way to read it from the device tree as a fallback before falling back to the fused mac address. Also, a final fallback on random_mac_address() would be reasonable here. Finally, how about passing a struct device pointer from the driver, rather than the index? That would seem more logical and make it easier to get to the device tree properties. > + /* adjust for specific EMAC device */ > + addr[5] += index * c6x_num_cores; > + return 1; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(soc_mac_addr); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html