From: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@gmx.de>
To: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>,
Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>,
Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] staging: batman-adv: Use linux/etherdevice.h address helper functions
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 11:12:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201011031112.20044.sven.eckelmann@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1288778342-10056-1-git-send-email-tklauser@distanz.ch>
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On Wednesday 03 November 2010 10:59:02 you wrote:
> Replace custom ethernet address check functions by calls to the helpers
> in linux/etherdevice.h
Have you proven that the addresses are always two bytes aligned in memory?
Afaik this function needs it.
> In one case where the address was tested for broadcast and multicast
> address, the broadcast address check can be omitted as broadcast is also
> a multicast address.
We need to distinguish between these two types for different optimizations
(research is currently done for multicast over mesh - but currently not part
of batman-adv).
Best regards,
Sven
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-03 9:59 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] staging: batman-adv: Use linux/etherdevice.h address helper functions Tobias Klauser
2010-11-03 10:12 ` Sven Eckelmann [this message]
2010-11-03 10:25 ` Tobias Klauser
2010-11-03 10:56 ` Sven Eckelmann
2010-11-03 11:04 ` Sven Eckelmann
2010-11-03 12:00 ` Marek Lindner
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