netdev - Re: [PATCH 12/12] rose: check given MAC address, if invalid return -EADDRNOTAVAIL

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Date:	Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:13:58 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@...ect.de>
Cc:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Danny Kukawka <dkukawka@...e.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] rose: check given MAC address, if invalid return
 -EADDRNOTAVAIL

On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:01:22 +0100
Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@...ect.de> wrote:

> Check if given address is valid in .ndo_set_mac_address/
> rose_set_mac_address(), if invalid return -EADDRNOTAVAIL as
> eth_mac_addr() already does if is_valid_ether_addr() fails.

This patch series looks wrong - you cannot go blindly applying ethernet
mac address tests to device drivers without checking if they are using
802.11 type addressing at the physical level.

Alan


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