mirror of
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
synced 2026-04-09 01:47:20 -04:00
8a7d12d674
The fix for MAC addresses broke detection of the naming convention
because it gave network devices no random MAC before bind()
was called. This means that the check for the local assignment bit
was always negative as the address was zeroed from allocation,
instead of from overwriting the MAC with a unique hardware address.
The correct check for whether bind() has altered the MAC is
done with is_zero_ether_addr
Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
Reported-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
Diagnosed-by: John Sperbeck <jsperbeck@google.com>
Fixes: bab8eb0dd4 ("usbnet: modern method to get random MAC")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241017071849.389636-1-oneukum@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.