From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:42:24 -0800
> The check for multicast shouldn't exclude broadcast type addresses. > This reverts the incorrect change done in 2.6.13. > > The broadcast address is a multicast address and should be excluded > from being a valid_ether_address for use in bridging or device address. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Doesn't this function want multicast and only multicast addresses? We've been dorking around with various ethernet address checks lately, with all the weird wireless etc. considerations, so I just want to be careful here. Thanks. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
