checkpatch: prefer ether_addr_copy to memcpy(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN)
ether_addr_copy was added for kernel version 3.14. It's slightly smaller/faster for some arches. Encourage its use. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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