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Message-ID: <471EABEE.8030900@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:20:30 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davej@...hat.com, auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com,
	ajax@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000, e1000e valid-addr fixes

David Miller wrote:
> From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:03:36 -0400
> 
>> I'm wondering if there is a way to avoid adding
>>
>> 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr))
>> 		return -EINVAL;
>>
>> to every ethernet driver's ->open() hook.
> 
> The first idea I get is:
> 
> 1) Create netdev->validate_dev_addr().
> 
> 2) If it exists, invoke it before ->open(), abort
>    and return if any errors signaled.
> 
> etherdev init hooks up a function that does the above
> check, which allows us to avoid editing every ethernet
> driver
> 
> What do you think?

Seems sane to me.  Something like this (attached)?

	Jeff




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