Re: [PATCH] drivers:ethernet:davinci_emac.c:Fixes flaw in mac address handling.

[David Miller]

From: Michael Welling <mwelling@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed,  1 Oct 2014 21:32:05 -0500

> The code currently checks the mac_addr variable that is clearly
> zero'd out during allocation.
> 
> Further code is added to bring the mac_addr from the partial pdata.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Welling <mwelling@xxxxxxxx>

I don't see anyone specifying a MAC address in the partial pdata,
so better to just delete that field.

Even if people did, I am not so sure that the partial pdata should
unconditionally trump an OF provided MAC address.
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