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| author | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com> | 2010-08-26 13:22:27 -0400 |
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| committer | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com> | 2010-08-26 13:22:27 -0400 |
| commit | f632265d0ffb5acf331252d98c64939849d96bb2 (patch) | |
| tree | 31187d9a726bf1ca6ca12e26ad8e7c609eaf4d8b /include/linux/etherdevice.h | |
| parent | 7d94784293096c0a46897acdb83be5abd9278ece (diff) | |
| parent | da5cabf80e2433131bf0ed8993abc0f7ea618c73 (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.36-rc1' into HEAD
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/etherdevice.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/etherdevice.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h index 3d7a6687d247..2308fbb4523a 100644 --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h @@ -127,6 +127,20 @@ static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr) } /** + * dev_hw_addr_random - Create random MAC and set device flag + * @dev: pointer to net_device structure + * @hwaddr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address + * + * Generate random MAC to be used by a device and set addr_assign_type + * so the state can be read by sysfs and be used by udev. + */ +static inline void dev_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev, u8 *hwaddr) +{ + dev->addr_assign_type |= NET_ADDR_RANDOM; + random_ether_addr(hwaddr); +} + +/** * compare_ether_addr - Compare two Ethernet addresses * @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address * @addr2: Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address |