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Subject: Re: Replace bcopy() to update ether_addr
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On Aug 22, 2012, at 6:02 AM, John Baldwin wrote:

> On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:34:42 pm Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> Hi,
>>=20
>> What about just creating an ETHER_ADDR_COPY(dst, src) and putting =
that
>> in a relevant include file, then hide the ugliness there?
>>=20
>> The same benefits will likely appear when copying wifi MAC addresses
>> to/from headers.
>>=20
>> Thanks, I'm glad someone noticed this.
>=20
> I doubt we even _need_ the ugliness.  We should just use *dst =3D *src
> unless there is a compelling reason not to.

Agreed.  We should do that, and then check the generated code to be sure =
there isn't a compelling reason there :)

Warner