@ -474,6 +474,22 @@ static inline int is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
return ( 0x01 & addr [ 0 ] ) ;
}
/**
* is_valid_ether_addr - Determine if the given Ethernet address is valid
* @ addr : Pointer to a six - byte array containing the Ethernet address
*
* Check that the Ethernet address ( MAC ) is not 00 : 00 : 00 : 00 : 00 : 00 , is not
* a multicast address , and is not FF : FF : FF : FF : FF : FF .
*
* Return true if the address is valid .
*/
static inline int is_valid_ether_addr ( const u8 * addr )
{
/* FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is a multicast address so we don't need to
* explicitly check for it here . */
return ! is_multicast_ether_addr ( addr ) & & ! is_zero_ether_addr ( addr ) ;
}
/* Convert an IP address to a string */
extern void ip_to_string ( IPaddr_t x , char * s ) ;