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| author | Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> | 2012-05-18 18:13:27 +0900 |
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| committer | Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> | 2012-05-18 18:13:27 +0900 |
| commit | c1dbccc3c7cc70e8211a7ad6ba55ecbc18e77a5a (patch) | |
| tree | 570fbd1ab42d12257a820460fae0e6e7bc891900 /include/linux/etherdevice.h | |
| parent | 00d6025e58c6e3b229e28cab721c568af5b1ae05 (diff) | |
| parent | 58796ce67a80e8725220af83c5a550bf6a4dab12 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'sh/evt2irq-migration' into sh-latest
Conflicts:
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh3/setup-sh770x.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh3/setup-sh7710.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh3/setup-sh7720.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4/setup-sh7750.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/setup-sh7343.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/setup-sh7366.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/setup-sh7722.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/setup-sh7723.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/setup-sh7724.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/setup-sh7757.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/setup-sh7763.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/setup-sh7770.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/setup-sh7785.c
arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh4a/setup-sh7786.c
Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/etherdevice.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/etherdevice.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h index 8a1835855faa..fe5136d81454 100644 --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h @@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ static inline void eth_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev) * @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address * @addr2: Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address * - * Compare two ethernet addresses, returns 0 if equal + * Compare two ethernet addresses, returns 0 if equal, non-zero otherwise. + * Unlike memcmp(), it doesn't return a value suitable for sorting. */ static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2) { @@ -184,10 +185,10 @@ static inline unsigned long zap_last_2bytes(unsigned long value) * @addr1: Pointer to an array of 8 bytes * @addr2: Pointer to an other array of 8 bytes * - * Compare two ethernet addresses, returns 0 if equal. - * Same result than "memcmp(addr1, addr2, ETH_ALEN)" but without conditional - * branches, and possibly long word memory accesses on CPU allowing cheap - * unaligned memory reads. + * Compare two ethernet addresses, returns 0 if equal, non-zero otherwise. + * Unlike memcmp(), it doesn't return a value suitable for sorting. + * The function doesn't need any conditional branches and possibly uses + * word memory accesses on CPU allowing cheap unaligned memory reads. * arrays = { byte1, byte2, byte3, byte4, byte6, byte7, pad1, pad2} * * Please note that alignment of addr1 & addr2 is only guaranted to be 16 bits. |
