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| author | Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> | 2010-08-16 21:42:58 +0400 |
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| committer | Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> | 2010-08-16 21:42:58 +0400 |
| commit | e4862f2f6f5653dfb67f3ba2b6f0bc74516ed51a (patch) | |
| tree | 1db5a0540a4eecfad9b7daee476b985e82ddc810 /include/linux/etherdevice.h | |
| parent | ec62dbd7eb8e3dddb221da89ecbcea0fc3dee8c1 (diff) | |
| parent | b2c1e07b81a126e5846dfc3d36f559d861df59f4 (diff) | |
| download | linux-e4862f2f6f5653dfb67f3ba2b6f0bc74516ed51a.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' into for-2.6.37
Fairly simple conflicts, the most serious ones are the i.MX ones which I
suspect now need another rename.
Conflicts:
arch/arm/mach-mx2/clock_imx27.c
arch/arm/mach-mx2/devices.c
arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-rx51-peripherals.c
arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-zoom2.c
sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c
sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.h
sound/soc/fsl/mpc8610_hpcd.c
sound/soc/pxa/spitz.c
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 |