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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>
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Joe Perches 2012-07-12 19:33:05 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 07689b0a5c
commit 0a4dd59498
1 changed files with 8 additions and 6 deletions
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include/linux/etherdevice.h
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@ -124,19 +124,21 @@ static inline bool is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
}
/**
* random_ether_addr - Generate software assigned random Ethernet address
* 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 random_ether_addr(u8 *addr)
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) */
get_random_bytes(addr, ETH_ALEN);
addr[0] &= 0xfe; /* clear multicast bit */
addr[0] |= 0x02; /* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
}
#define random_ether_addr(addr) eth_random_addr(addr)
/**
* eth_broadcast_addr - Assign broadcast address
* @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ static inline void eth_broadcast_addr(u8 *addr)
static inline void eth_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev)
{
dev->addr_assign_type |= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
eth_random_addr(dev->dev_addr);
}
/**