[PATCH v2] platform: ignore permanent MAC addresses of all ones (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF)

2016-01-26 Thread Dan Williams
Drivers are stupid, and just like the platform ignores an all zeros permanent address, so should it ignore all ones. NetworkManager[509]: [1453743778.854919] [devices/nm-device.c:8885] nm_device_update_hw_address(): [0x190370] (eth0): hardware address now 86:18:52:xx:xx:xx NetworkManager[509]:

Re: [PATCH v2] platform: ignore permanent MAC addresses of all ones (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF)

2016-01-26 Thread Chuck Anderson
While we're on this topic, what about other types of invalid MAC addresses? Like ones with the Multicast bit set (odd first octet), or ones with the LAA (Locallay Administered Address) bit set (2nd least significant bit of first octet, e,g, x2: x6: xa: xe:). For Multicast Ethernet addresses, I

Re: [PATCH v2] platform: ignore permanent MAC addresses of all ones (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF)

2016-01-26 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 13:41 -0500, Chuck Anderson wrote: > While we're on this topic, what about other types of invalid MAC > addresses? Like ones with the Multicast bit set (odd first octet), > or > ones with the LAA (Locallay Administered Address) bit set (2nd least > significant bit of first