On Dec 20, 2011, at 10:49, Anatolij Gustschin wrote:
Fix: e1000.c: In function 'e1000_read_mac_addr': e1000.c:1149:2: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Wstrict-aliasing] e1000.c:1149:2: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Wstrict-aliasing]
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#ifdef CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
- if ( *(u32*)(nic->enetaddr) == 0 || *(u32*)(nic->enetaddr) == ~0 ) {
if (get_unaligned_be32(nic->enetaddr) == 0 ||
get_unaligned_be32(nic->enetaddr) == ~0) {unsigned char fb_mac[NODE_ADDRESS_SIZE] = CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC;
memcpy (nic->enetaddr, fb_mac, NODE_ADDRESS_SIZE);
No, if you are going to fix this code then make it use the right function for the job: is_valid_ether_addr()
Furthermore, while the E1000 chipset does not generally work very well without a proper SPI EEPROM image (if at all), I think it would be better for the driver to load successfully and use the "macaddr" from the U-Boot environment instead of some hardcoded compile-time constant.
IE: That whole code block should be ripped out and instead just tweak the "valid MAC address" check further down.
Cheers, Kyle Moffett
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