linux-stable/net/core
Stefan Assmann c1f79426e2 sysfs: add attribute to indicate hw address assignment type
Add addr_assign_type to struct net_device and expose it via sysfs.
This new attribute has the purpose of giving user-space the ability to
distinguish between different assignment types of MAC addresses.

For example user-space can treat NICs with randomly generated MAC
addresses differently than NICs that have permanent (locally assigned)
MAC addresses.
For the former udev could write a persistent net rule by matching the
device path instead of the MAC address.
There's also the case of devices that 'steal' MAC addresses from slave
devices. In which it is also be beneficial for user-space to be aware
of the fact.

This patch also introduces a helper function to assist adoption of
drivers that generate MAC addresses randomly.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-07-24 20:49:29 -07:00
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datagram.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
dev.c Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-20 18:25:24 -07:00
dev_addr_lists.c net: include linux/proc_fs.h in dev_addr_lists.c 2010-04-07 16:46:36 -07:00
drop_monitor.c drop_monitor: Add error code to detect duplicate state changes 2010-07-20 13:28:04 -07:00
dst.c __dst_free(): put EXPORT_SYMBOLS after the fct 2010-07-20 13:28:03 -07:00
ethtool.c Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-07 15:59:38 -07:00
fib_rules.c net: fib_rules: mark arguments to fib_rules_register const and __net_initdata 2010-04-26 16:02:04 +02:00
filter.c net: optimize Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) processing 2010-06-25 21:33:12 -07:00
flow.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
gen_estimator.c pkt_sched: gen_kill_estimator() rcu fixes 2010-06-11 18:37:08 -07:00
gen_stats.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
iovec.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
kmap_skb.h
link_watch.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
Makefile net: support time stamping in phy devices. 2010-07-18 19:15:26 -07:00
neighbour.c net/core: neighbour update Oops 2010-07-14 18:02:16 -07:00
net-sysfs.c sysfs: add attribute to indicate hw address assignment type 2010-07-24 20:49:29 -07:00
net-sysfs.h net: Expose all network devices in a namespaces in sysfs 2010-05-21 09:37:34 -07:00
net-traces.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
net_namespace.c net: disallow to use net_assign_generic externally 2010-04-27 15:49:02 -07:00
netevent.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
netpoll.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
pktgen.c net: core: don't use own hex_to_bin() method 2010-07-23 12:50:51 -07:00
request_sock.c net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON 2008-07-25 21:43:18 -07:00
rtnetlink.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
scm.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
skbuff.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
sock.c net: this_cpu_xxx conversions 2010-07-19 15:12:51 -07:00
stream.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
sysctl_net_core.c net: Consistent skb timestamping 2010-05-15 23:57:10 -07:00
timestamping.c net: support time stamping in phy devices. 2010-07-18 19:15:26 -07:00
user_dma.c net/core/user_dma.c: Use frag list abstraction interfaces. 2009-06-09 00:19:10 -07:00
utils.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00