This really was a rename but to make code simpler just
reimplement this for all kernels.
commit
0a4dd594982a321699000218715e28664ec49169
Author: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Thu Jul 12 19:33:05 2012 +0000
etherdevice: Rename random_ether_addr to eth_random_addr
Add some API symmetry to eth_broadcast_addr and
add a #define to the old name for backward compatibility.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
mcgrof@tux ~/compat (git::master)$ ckmake -t
Trying kernel 3.4.0-030400rc1-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 3.3.7-030307-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 3.2.2-030202-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 3.1.10-030110-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 3.0.18-030018-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.39-
02063904-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.38-
02063808-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.37-
02063706-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.36-
02063604-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.35-
02063512-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.34-
02063410-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.33-
02063305-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.32-
02063255-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.31-
02063113-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.30-
02063010-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.29-
02062906-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.28-
02062810-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.27-020627-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.26-020626-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.25-020625-generic [OK]
Trying kernel 2.6.24-020624-generic [OK]
real 4m25.765s
user 9m56.460s
sys 1m24.650s
real 2m7.808s
user 3m20.640s
sys 0m40.520s
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@frijolero.org>
#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,6,0))
#include <net/genetlink.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+
+/**
+ * eth_random_addr - Generate software assigned random Ethernet address
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Generate a random Ethernet address (MAC) that is not multicast
+ * and has the local assigned bit set.
+ */
+static inline void eth_random_addr(u8 *addr)
+{
+ get_random_bytes(addr, ETH_ALEN);
+ addr[0] &= 0xfe; /* clear multicast bit */
+ addr[0] |= 0x02; /* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
+}
#define GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE (NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE - GENL_HDRLEN)