Re: [PATCH 12/12] rose: check given MAC address, if invalid return -EADDRNOTAVAIL

[Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Freitag, 24. Februar 2012, David Miller wrote:
> From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:13:58 +0000
>
> > On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:01:22 +0100
> >
> > Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Check if given address is valid in .ndo_set_mac_address/
> >> rose_set_mac_address(), if invalid return -EADDRNOTAVAIL as
> >> eth_mac_addr() already does if is_valid_ether_addr() fails.
> >
> > This patch series looks wrong - you cannot go blindly applying ethernet
> > mac address tests to device drivers without checking if they are using
> > 802.11 type addressing at the physical level.

Overseen this aspect ... Sorry. I'll check the patches and send an updated 
version.

Do you mean 802.3 ? 

Danny
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