From 8972091cf673249ec81cb1adf94af3351daca3d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hauke Mehrtens Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:44:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] backports: add eth_hw_addr_inherit() This is needed by drivers/net/wireless/libertas/mesh.c Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens --- backport/backport-include/linux/etherdevice.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/backport/backport-include/linux/etherdevice.h b/backport/backport-include/linux/etherdevice.h index 6aff2449c348..bbdee1023fd3 100644 --- a/backport/backport-include/linux/etherdevice.h +++ b/backport/backport-include/linux/etherdevice.h @@ -135,4 +135,23 @@ extern int eth_validate_addr(struct net_device *dev); #define netdev_hw_addr dev_mc_list #endif +#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,12,0) +/** + * eth_hw_addr_inherit - Copy dev_addr from another net_device + * @dst: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr to + * @src: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr from + * + * Copy the Ethernet address from one net_device to another along with + * the address attributes (addr_assign_type). + */ +static inline void eth_hw_addr_inherit(struct net_device *dst, + struct net_device *src) +{ +#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,36) + dst->addr_assign_type = src->addr_assign_type; +#endif + memcpy(dst->dev_addr, src->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN); +} +#endif /* LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,13,0) */ + #endif /* _BACKPORT_LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */ -- 2.30.2