Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] Don't validate hardware address of batgat gate0 device

2008-09-12 Thread Marek Lindner
On Friday, 12. September 2008 22:59:45 Sven Eckelmann wrote: > linux v2.6.24-rc1-1-gbada339 introduces a check for valid ethernet mac > address. We don't have such a valid one because it is just a virtual > gateway device which doesn't need such thing. To disable the > eth_validate_addr check we ca

[B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] Don't validate hardware address of batgat gate0 device

2008-09-12 Thread Sven Eckelmann
linux v2.6.24-rc1-1-gbada339 introduces a check for valid ethernet mac address. We don't have such a valid one because it is just a virtual gateway device which doesn't need such thing. To disable the eth_validate_addr check we can override the function pointer inside the netdevice structure or jus