kernel.git/net/ethernet, branch linux-2.6.24.y

[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]: Wrap netdevice hardware header creation.

2007-10-10T23:52:50Z

Add inline for common usage of hardware header creation, and fix bug in IPV6 mcast where the assumption about negative return is an errno. Negative return from hard_header means not enough space was available,(ie -N bytes). 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

[ETH]: Make eth_type_trans set skb->dev like the other *_type_trans

2007-04-26T05:24:30Z

One less thing for drivers writers to worry about. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: David S. Miller