netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: introduce a list of device addresses dev_addr

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Date:	Tue, 05 May 2009 12:27:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jpirko@...hat.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jgarzik@...ox.com, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, fubar@...ibm.com,
	bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, kaber@...sh.net,
	mschmidt@...hat.com, dada1@...mosbay.com, ivecera@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: introduce a list of device addresses
 dev_addr_list (v6)

From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 14:48:28 +0200

> This patch introduces a new list in struct net_device and brings a set of
> functions to handle the work with device address list. The list is a replacement
> for the original dev_addr field and because in some situations there is need to
> carry several device addresses with the net device. To be backward compatible,
> dev_addr is made to point to the first member of the list so original drivers
> sees no difference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6, thanks!
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