kernel.git/net/ethernet/eth.c, branch linux-2.6.27.y

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

2008-04-14T05:45:40Z

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().

2008-01-28T23:00:05Z

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

2007-10-24T04:27:50Z

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

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

2007-10-10T23:52:52Z

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

2007-10-10T23:52:51Z

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

2007-10-10T23:51:42Z

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

2007-10-10T23:48:26Z

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

2007-07-12T02:41:18Z

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

[CORE] Stack changes to add multiqueue hardware support API

2007-07-11T05:16:21Z

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

[SK_BUFF]: Introduce skb_reset_mac_header(skb)

2007-04-26T05:24:32Z

For the common, open coded 'skb->mac.raw = skb->data' operation, so that we can later turn skb->mac.raw into a offset, reducing the size of struct sk_buff in 64bit land while possibly keeping it as a pointer on 32bit. This one touches just the most simple case, next will handle the slightly more "complex" cases. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: David S. Miller