Re: [PATCH] net: introduce a list of device addresses dev_addr_list (v6)

David Miller
2009-05-05T19:27:39Z

From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 14:48:28 +0200

> This patch introduces a new list in struct net_device and brings a set of
> functions to handle the work with device address list. The list is a replacement
> for the original dev_addr field and because in some situations there is need to
> carry several device addresses with the net device. To be backward compatible,
> dev_addr is made to point to the first member of the list so original drivers
> sees no difference.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6, thanks!