uml: use of a public MAC is a warning, not an error
authorJeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:31:25 +0000 (22:31 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:44:31 +0000 (09:44 -0800)
Downgrade one of the MAC validity checks.  If it's one that could be possibly
assigned to a physical NIC, then nothing will break.  So, emit a warning in
this case, but keep the requested MAC.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c

index ca71577f36300774659ac5e5c38f6e0e125d84ef..1e8f41a9951142e536e22312d25e106b1cf1297e 100644 (file)
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static void setup_etheraddr(char *str, unsigned char *addr, char *name)
        if (str == NULL)
                goto random;
 
-       for (i = 0;i < 6; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
                addr[i] = simple_strtoul(str, &end, 16);
                if ((end == str) ||
                   ((*end != ':') && (*end != ',') && (*end != '\0'))) {
@@ -343,14 +343,13 @@ static void setup_etheraddr(char *str, unsigned char *addr, char *name)
        }
        if (!is_local_ether_addr(addr)) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING
-                      "Warning: attempt to assign a globally valid ethernet "
+                      "Warning: Assigning a globally valid ethernet "
                       "address to a device\n");
-               printk(KERN_WARNING "You should better enable the 2nd "
-                      "rightmost bit in the first byte of the MAC,\n");
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "You should set the 2nd rightmost bit in "
+                      "the first byte of the MAC,\n");
                printk(KERN_WARNING "i.e. %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",
                       addr[0] | 0x02, addr[1], addr[2], addr[3], addr[4],
                       addr[5]);
-               goto random;
        }
        return;