linux-toradex.git/net/ethernet, branch v2.6.25.20

[NET]: Return more appropriate error from eth_validate_addr().

2008-04-14T05:45:40+00:00

Paul Bolle wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9923 would have been much easier to
> track down if eth_validate_addr() would somehow complain aloud if an address 
> is invalid. Shouldn't it make at least some noise?

I guess it should return -EADDRNOTAVAIL similar to eth_mac_addr()
when validation fails.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[ETH]: Combine format_addr() with print_mac().

2008-01-28T23:00:05+00:00

print_mac() used many most net drivers and format_addr() used by
net-sysfs.c are very similar and they can be intergrated.

format_addr() is also identically redefined in the qla4xxx iscsi
driver.

Export a new function sysfs_format_mac() to be used by net-sysfs,
qla4xxx and others in the future.  Both print_mac() and
sysfs_format_mac() call _format_mac_addr() to do the formatting.

Changed print_mac() to use unsigned char * to be consistent with
net_device struct's dev_addr.  Added buffer length overrun checking
as suggested by Joe Perches.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Validate device addr prior to interface-up

2007-10-24T04:27:50+00:00

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Move hardware header operations out of netdevice.

2007-10-10T23:52:52+00:00

Since hardware header operations are part of the protocol class
not the device instance, make them into a separate object and
save memory.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Wrap hard_header_parse

2007-10-10T23:52:51+00:00

Wrap the hard_header_parse function to simplify next step of
header_ops conversion.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Wrap netdevice hardware header creation.

2007-10-10T23:52:50+00:00

Add inline for common usage of hardware header creation, and
fix bug in IPV6 mcast where the assumption about negative return is
an errno. Negative return from hard_header means not enough space
was available,(ie -N bytes).

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Introduce and use print_mac() and DECLARE_MAC_BUF()

2007-10-10T23:51:42+00:00

This is nicer than the MAC_FMT stuff.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET] ethernet: optimize memcpy and memset

2007-10-10T23:48:26+00:00

The ethernet header management only needs to handle a fixed
size address (6 bytes). If the memcpy/memset are changed to
be passed a constant length, then compiler can optimize for
this case (and if it is smart eliminate string instructions).

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[ETH]: Validate address in eth_mac_addr

2007-07-12T02:41:18+00:00

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[CORE] Stack changes to add multiqueue hardware support API

2007-07-11T05:16:21+00:00

Add the multiqueue hardware device support API to the core network
stack.  Allow drivers to allocate multiple queues and manage them at
the netdev level if they choose to do so.

Added a new field to sk_buff, namely queue_mapping, for drivers to
know which tx_ring to select based on OS classification of the flow.

Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr 
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller