2 * INET An implementation of the TCP/IP protocol suite for the LINUX
3 * operating system. NET is implemented using the BSD Socket
4 * interface as the means of communication with the user level.
6 * Definitions for the Ethernet handlers.
8 * Version: @(#)eth.h 1.0.4 05/13/93
11 * Fred N. van Kempen, <waltje@uWalt.NL.Mugnet.ORG>
13 * Relocated to include/linux where it belongs by Alan Cox
14 * <gw4pts@gw4pts.ampr.org>
16 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
17 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
18 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
19 * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
21 * WARNING: This move may well be temporary. This file will get merged with others RSN.
24 #ifndef _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H
25 #define _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H
27 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
28 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
29 #include <linux/random.h>
32 extern int eth_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
33 unsigned short type, void *daddr,
34 void *saddr, unsigned len);
35 extern int eth_rebuild_header(struct sk_buff *skb);
36 extern __be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
37 extern void eth_header_cache_update(struct hh_cache *hh, struct net_device *dev,
38 unsigned char * haddr);
39 extern int eth_header_cache(struct neighbour *neigh,
42 extern struct net_device *alloc_etherdev_mq(int sizeof_priv, unsigned int queue_count);
43 #define alloc_etherdev(sizeof_priv) alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof_priv, 1)
46 * is_zero_ether_addr - Determine if give Ethernet address is all zeros.
47 * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
49 * Return true if the address is all zeroes.
51 static inline int is_zero_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
53 return !(addr[0] | addr[1] | addr[2] | addr[3] | addr[4] | addr[5]);
57 * is_multicast_ether_addr - Determine if the Ethernet address is a multicast.
58 * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
60 * Return true if the address is a multicast address.
61 * By definition the broadcast address is also a multicast address.
63 static inline int is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
65 return (0x01 & addr[0]);
69 * is_local_ether_addr - Determine if the Ethernet address is locally-assigned
71 * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
73 * Return true if the address is a local address.
75 static inline int is_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
77 return (0x02 & addr[0]);
81 * is_broadcast_ether_addr - Determine if the Ethernet address is broadcast
82 * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
84 * Return true if the address is the broadcast address.
86 static inline int is_broadcast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
88 return (addr[0] & addr[1] & addr[2] & addr[3] & addr[4] & addr[5]) == 0xff;
92 * is_valid_ether_addr - Determine if the given Ethernet address is valid
93 * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
95 * Check that the Ethernet address (MAC) is not 00:00:00:00:00:00, is not
96 * a multicast address, and is not FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.
98 * Return true if the address is valid.
100 static inline int is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
102 /* FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is a multicast address so we don't need to
103 * explicitly check for it here. */
104 return !is_multicast_ether_addr(addr) && !is_zero_ether_addr(addr);
108 * random_ether_addr - Generate software assigned random Ethernet address
109 * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
111 * Generate a random Ethernet address (MAC) that is not multicast
112 * and has the local assigned bit set.
114 static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr)
116 get_random_bytes (addr, ETH_ALEN);
117 addr [0] &= 0xfe; /* clear multicast bit */
118 addr [0] |= 0x02; /* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
122 * compare_ether_addr - Compare two Ethernet addresses
123 * @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
124 * @addr2: Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
126 * Compare two ethernet addresses, returns 0 if equal
128 static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2)
130 const u16 *a = (const u16 *) addr1;
131 const u16 *b = (const u16 *) addr2;
133 BUILD_BUG_ON(ETH_ALEN != 6);
134 return ((a[0] ^ b[0]) | (a[1] ^ b[1]) | (a[2] ^ b[2])) != 0;
136 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
138 #endif /* _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */