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authorJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>2012-05-09 21:12:37 -0700
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>2012-05-09 21:12:37 -0700
commit958a7586814e3498dbb2124de195982163af6bbc (patch)
treed8a23fc9414b5ce994bd23426844a56afecb3fc5 /include/linux/etherdevice.h
parenteeb0d0132d7a5f0ca149d1c6d6aeeafa19a98594 (diff)
parent8feedbb4a710784d2858acba5c90e903e93e36eb (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/etherdevice.h')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index c47631fac22..f3301140d28 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@ static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2)
return ((a[0] ^ b[0]) | (a[1] ^ b[1]) | (a[2] ^ b[2])) != 0;
}
+/**
+ * ether_addr_equal - Compare two Ethernet addresses
+ * @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ * @addr2: Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Compare two ethernet addresses, returns true if equal
+ */
+static inline bool ether_addr_equal(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2)
+{
+ return !compare_ether_addr(addr1, addr2);
+}
+
static inline unsigned long zap_last_2bytes(unsigned long value)
{
#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN