Re: [PATCH] of_net: Implement of_get_nvmem_mac_address helper

[Mike Looijmans]

On 24-03-18 19:53, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > A quick survey for the of_get_mac_address users learns that most of them do
> > a memcpy (or similar) right after it, so for these drivers the
> > "of_get_nvmem_mac_address" style signature that performs the memcpy (or
> > better, ether_addr_copy) is a better fit, e.g.:
> >
> > int of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np, void *addr)
>
> Hi Mike
>
> This is a nicer solution, but it is quite a lot of work, there are a
> lot of users. Maybe Coccinelle can help?

About 58 of them, yeah. And this looked like such a simple thing when I 
started it...
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v4.16-rc6/ident/of_get_mac_address
I have no experience with Coccinelle though.



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Mike Looijmans