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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/50] net/liquidio: liquidio VF PMD Driver
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On Thursday 23 February 2017 07:59 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 2/21/2017 9:26 AM, Shijith Thotton wrote:
>> Register LiquidIO PMD (net_liovf) and define APIs to init and
>> uninit.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shijith Thotton <shijith.thotton@caviumnetworks.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Derek Chickles <derek.chickles@caviumnetworks.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Venkat Koppula <venkat.koppula@caviumnetworks.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Mallesham Jatharakonda <mjatharakonda@oneconvergence.com>
> <...>
> 
>> +
>> +	mac_addr_size = ETHER_ADDR_LEN;
>> +
>> +	eth_dev->data->mac_addrs = rte_zmalloc("lio", mac_addr_size, 0);
> 
> "mac_addr_size" only used here, your call but it is possible to remove
> variable and use ETHER_ADDR_LEN here directly.
> 

I agree. Will remove variable "mac_addr_size".