The patch titled
uml: use of a public MAC is a warning, not an error
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
uml-use-of-a-public-mac-is-a-warning-not-an-error.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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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
origin.patch
git-kvm.patch
fix-__const_udelay-declaration-and-definition-mismatches.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
mount-options-fix-hostfs.patch
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