This patch is to the rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c file that fixes up following warning reported by checkpatch.pl : -Prefer ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() over memcmp() bssid and pnetwork->network.MacAddress both are 6 byte array which aligned with u16 Signed-off-by: Punit Vara <punitvara@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c index 143be0f..b19556a 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c @@ -2008,7 +2008,7 @@ static int r871x_get_ap_info(struct net_device *dev, return -EINVAL; } netdev_info(dev, "r8712u: BSSID:%pM\n", bssid); - if (!memcmp(bssid, pnetwork->network.MacAddress, ETH_ALEN)) { + if (ether_addr_equal(bssid, pnetwork->network.MacAddress)) { /* BSSID match, then check if supporting wpa/wpa2 */ pbuf = r8712_get_wpa_ie(&pnetwork->network.IEs[12], &wpa_ielen, pnetwork->network.IELength-12); -- 2.5.3 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel