On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 12:47:47AM -0800, Nivedita Singhvi wrote:
> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:10:03 -0500
> >"John W. Linville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>That is a good question...what does a MAC address like
> >>FF:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx signify? Anyone know?
> >
> >
> >
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:10:03 -0500
"John W. Linville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 06:54:21PM -0600, Michael Ellerman wrote:
+ /* XXX Why are we checking for 0xff here ? */
+ return (addr[0] == 0xff) || (!is_multicast_ether_addr(ad
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:10:03 -0500
"John W. Linville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 06:54:21PM -0600, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>
> > + /* XXX Why are we checking for 0xff here ? */
> > + return (addr[0] == 0xff) || (!is_multicast_ether_addr(addr)
> > + && !is_z
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 06:54:21PM -0600, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> + /* XXX Why are we checking for 0xff here ? */
> + return (addr[0] == 0xff) || (!is_multicast_ether_addr(addr)
> + && !is_zero_ether_addr(addr));
That is a good question...what does a MAC address like
FF:xx:x
Everything I've found on the 'net says that any MAC address with 0x1 in
byte 0 is a multicast address. Which obviously includes the broadcast address.
I think is_multicast_ether_addr() should implement that logic, if not we
should call it something else, otherwise we're asking for confusion.
I've
