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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 572e11bb8696..2932a40060c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static inline bool is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
#endif
}
-static inline bool is_multicast_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 addr[6+2])
+static inline bool is_multicast_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 *addr)
{
#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64
#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ static inline void ether_addr_copy(u8 *dst, const u8 *src)
}
/**
+ * eth_hw_addr_set - Assign Ethernet address to a net_device
+ * @dev: pointer to net_device structure
+ * @addr: address to assign
+ *
+ * Assign given address to the net_device, addr_assign_type is not changed.
+ */
+static inline void eth_hw_addr_set(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr)
+{
+ ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, addr);
+}
+
+/**
* eth_hw_addr_inherit - Copy dev_addr from another net_device
* @dst: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr to
* @src: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr from
@@ -344,8 +356,7 @@ static inline bool ether_addr_equal(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2)
* Please note that alignment of addr1 & addr2 are only guaranteed to be 16 bits.
*/
-static inline bool ether_addr_equal_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2],
- const u8 addr2[6+2])
+static inline bool ether_addr_equal_64bits(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2)
{
#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64
u64 fold = (*(const u64 *)addr1) ^ (*(const u64 *)addr2);