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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: introduce a list of device addresses
 dev_addr_list (v6)
Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 12:27:18 -0700 (PDT)
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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!