[PATCH 5/8] ethoc: add .ndo_validate_addr to net_device_ops

From: Danny Kukawka
Date: Wed Feb 29 2012 - 10:44:07 EST


Add eth_validate_addr() to .ndo_validate_addr to get validation
checks in dev_set_mac_address() working. Remove
is_valid_ether_addr() from ethoc_set_mac_address() to prevent
double check.

Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c | 4 +---
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c
index a381678..ca80f19 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c
@@ -776,9 +776,6 @@ static int ethoc_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
struct ethoc *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
u8 *mac = (u8 *)addr;

- if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac))
- return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
-
ethoc_write(priv, MAC_ADDR0, (mac[2] << 24) | (mac[3] << 16) |
(mac[4] << 8) | (mac[5] << 0));
ethoc_write(priv, MAC_ADDR1, (mac[0] << 8) | (mac[1] << 0));
@@ -899,6 +896,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ethoc_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_change_mtu = ethoc_change_mtu,
.ndo_tx_timeout = ethoc_tx_timeout,
.ndo_start_xmit = ethoc_start_xmit,
+ .ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
};

/**
--
1.7.8.3

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