linux-kernel - [PATCH 16/20] UML - Use of a public MAC is a warning, not an error

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:40:47 -0500
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	uml-devel <user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 16/20] UML - Use of a public MAC is a warning, not an error

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@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c |    9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-git/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-git.orig/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c	2008-01-02 13:16:19.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6-git/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c	2008-01-02 15:37:02.000000000 -0500
@@ -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;
 
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