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authorKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2012-09-05 10:22:45 -0400
committerKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2012-09-05 10:22:45 -0400
commit593d0a3e9f813db910dc50574532914db21d09ff (patch)
tree12d8413ee57b4383ca8c906996ffe02be6d377a5 /include/linux/etherdevice.h
parent50e900417b8096939d12a46848f965e27a905e36 (diff)
parent4cb38750d49010ae72e718d46605ac9ba5a851b4 (diff)
Merge commit '4cb38750d49010ae72e718d46605ac9ba5a851b4' into stable/for-linus-3.6
* commit '4cb38750d49010ae72e718d46605ac9ba5a851b4': (6849 commits) bcma: fix invalid PMU chip control masks [libata] pata_cmd64x: whitespace cleanup libata-acpi: fix up for acpi_pm_device_sleep_state API sata_dwc_460ex: device tree may specify dma_channel ahci, trivial: fixed coding style issues related to braces ahci_platform: add hibernation callbacks libata-eh.c: local functions should not be exposed globally libata-transport.c: local functions should not be exposed globally sata_dwc_460ex: support hardreset ata: use module_pci_driver drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c: adjust suspicious bit operation pata_imx: Convert to clk_prepare_enable/clk_disable_unprepare ahci: Enable SB600 64bit DMA on MSI K9AGM2 (MS-7327) v2 [libata] Prevent interface errors with Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex drivers/acpi/glue: revert accidental license-related 6b66d95895c bits libata-acpi: add missing inlines in libata.h i2c-omap: Add support for I2C_M_STOP message flag i2c: Fall back to emulated SMBus if the operation isn't supported natively i2c: Add SCCB support i2c-tiny-usb: Add support for the Robofuzz OSIF USB/I2C converter ...
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/etherdevice.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/etherdevice.h25
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 3d406e0ede6d..d426336d92d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -124,17 +124,30 @@ static inline bool is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
}
/**
- * random_ether_addr - Generate software assigned random Ethernet address
+ * eth_random_addr - Generate software assigned random Ethernet address
* @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
*
* Generate a random Ethernet address (MAC) that is not multicast
* and has the local assigned bit set.
*/
-static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr)
+static inline void eth_random_addr(u8 *addr)
{
- get_random_bytes (addr, ETH_ALEN);
- addr [0] &= 0xfe; /* clear multicast bit */
- addr [0] |= 0x02; /* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
+ get_random_bytes(addr, ETH_ALEN);
+ addr[0] &= 0xfe; /* clear multicast bit */
+ addr[0] |= 0x02; /* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
+}
+
+#define random_ether_addr(addr) eth_random_addr(addr)
+
+/**
+ * eth_broadcast_addr - Assign broadcast address
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Assign the broadcast address to the given address array.
+ */
+static inline void eth_broadcast_addr(u8 *addr)
+{
+ memset(addr, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
}
/**
@@ -149,7 +162,7 @@ static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr)
static inline void eth_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev)
{
dev->addr_assign_type |= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
- random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+ eth_random_addr(dev->dev_addr);
}
/**