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uml: use of a public MAC is a warning, not an error
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uml-use-of-a-public-mac-is-a-warning-not-an-error.patch
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Subject: uml: use of a public MAC is a warning, not an error
From: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Downgrade one of the MAC validity checks. If it's one that could be possibly
assigned to a physical NIC, then nothing will break. So, emit a warning in
this case, but keep the requested MAC.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c~uml-use-of-a-public-mac-is-a-warning-not-an-error arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
--- a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c~uml-use-of-a-public-mac-is-a-warning-not-an-error
+++ a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static void setup_etheraddr(char *str, u
if (str == NULL)
goto random;
- for (i = 0;i < 6; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
addr[i] = simple_strtoul(str, &end, 16);
if ((end == str) ||
((*end != ':') && (*end != ',') && (*end != '\0'))) {
@@ -343,14 +343,13 @@ static void setup_etheraddr(char *str, u
}
if (!is_local_ether_addr(addr)) {
printk(KERN_WARNING
- "Warning: attempt to assign a globally valid ethernet "
+ "Warning: Assigning a globally valid ethernet "
"address to a device\n");
- printk(KERN_WARNING "You should better enable the 2nd "
- "rightmost bit in the first byte of the MAC,\n");
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "You should set the 2nd rightmost bit in "
+ "the first byte of the MAC,\n");
printk(KERN_WARNING "i.e. %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",
addr[0] | 0x02, addr[1], addr[2], addr[3], addr[4],
addr[5]);
- goto random;
}
return;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx are
git-kvm.patch
git-x86.patch
uml-arch-um-include-inith-needs-a-definition-of-__used.patch
uml-implement-get_wchan.patch
uml-implement-get_wchan-fix.patch
uml-get-rid-of-asmlinkage.patch
uml-get-rid-of-asmlinkage-checkpatch-fixes.patch
uml-document-new-ubd-flag.patch
uml-further-bugsc-tidying.patch
uml-further-bugsc-tidying-checkpatch-fixes.patch
uml-smp-needs-to-depend-on-broken-for-now.patch
uml-console-driver-cleanups.patch
uml-clonec-tidying.patch
uml-borrow-consth-techniques.patch
uml-delete-some-unused-headers.patch
uml-allow-lflags-on-command-line.patch
uml-tidy-kern_utilh.patch
uml-tidy-pgtableh.patch
uml-tidy-pgtableh-fix.patch
uml-reconst-a-parameter.patch
arch-um-remove-duplicate-includes.patch
uml-host-tls-diagnostics.patch
uml-move-um_virt_to_phys.patch
uml-header-untangling.patch
uml-header-untangling-fix.patch
uml-style-cleanup.patch
uml-currenth-cleanup.patch
uml-fix-page-table-data-sizes.patch
uml-add-virt_to_pte.patch
uml-simplify-sigsegv-handling.patch
uml-use-ptrace-directly-in-libc-code.patch
uml-kill-processes-instead-of-panicing-kernel.patch
uml-clean-up-task_size-usage.patch
uml-cover-stubs-with-a-vma.patch
uml-fix-command-line-cflags-and-ldflags-support.patch
uml-style-fixes-in-arch-um-os-linux.patch
uml-miscellaneous-code-cleanups.patch
uml-style-fixes-in-filec.patch
uml-64-bit-tlb-fixes.patch
uml-customize-tlbh.patch
uml-eliminate-setjmp_wrapper.patch
uml-install-panic-notifier-earlier.patch
uml-use-barrier-instead-of-mb.patch
uml-tidy-helper-code.patch
uml-dont-kill-pid-0.patch
uml-get-rid-of-syscall-counters.patch
uml-dont-allow-processes-to-call-into-stub.patch
uml-move-sig_handler_common_skas.patch
uml-clean-up-sig_handler_common_skas.patch
uml-style-fixes-in-arch-um-kernel.patch
uml-signal-handling-tidying.patch
uml-remove-init_irq_signals.patch
uml-smp-locking-commentary.patch
uml-implement-o_append.patch
uml-remove-fakehd.patch
uml-debug_shirq-fixes.patch
uml-add-back-config_hz.patch
uml-style-fixes-in-arch-um-sys-x86_64.patch
uml-add-newlines-to-printks.patch
uml-move-register-initialization.patch
uml-remove-unused-fields-from-mm_context.patch
uml-remove-map_cb.patch
uml-use-of-a-public-mac-is-a-warning-not-an-error.patch
uml-defconfig-tweaks.patch
fix-__const_udelay-declaration-and-definition-mismatches.patch
create-arch-kconfig.patch
add-have_oprofile.patch
add-have_kprobes.patch
iget-stop-hostfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode.patch
iget-stop-hostfs-from-using-iget-and-read_inode-checkpatch-fixes.patch
aout-suppress-aout-library-support-if-config_arch_supports_aout-uml-re-remove-accidentally-restored-code.patch
random-add-async-notification-support-to-dev-random.patch
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