Replace sscanf() with mac_pton(). Signed-off-by: Daniel Walter <dwalter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/ar7/platform.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) --- diff --git a/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c b/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c index 7e2356f..653cbff 100644 --- a/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c +++ b/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c @@ -307,10 +307,7 @@ static void __init cpmac_get_mac(int instance, unsigned char *dev_addr) } if (mac) { - if (sscanf(mac, "%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx", - &dev_addr[0], &dev_addr[1], - &dev_addr[2], &dev_addr[3], - &dev_addr[4], &dev_addr[5]) != 6) { + if (!mac_pton(mac, dev_addr)) { pr_warning("cannot parse mac address, " "using random address\n"); eth_random_addr(dev_addr);