ethernet.h File Reference

Ethernet protocol. More...

#include <stdint.h>

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Functions
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void	eth_init_addr (const void *hw_addr, void *ll_addr)
	Initialise Ethernet address.
const char *	eth_ntoa (const void *ll_addr)
	Transcribe Ethernet address.
int	eth_mc_hash (unsigned int af, const void *net_addr, void *ll_addr)
	Hash multicast address.
int	eth_eth_addr (const void *ll_addr, void *eth_addr)
	Generate Ethernet-compatible compressed link-layer address.
struct net_device *	alloc_etherdev (size_t priv_size)
	Allocate Ethernet device.

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Detailed Description

Ethernet protocol.

Definition in file ethernet.h.

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Function Documentation

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void eth_init_addr	(	const void *	hw_addr,
		void *	ll_addr
	)

Initialise Ethernet address.

Parameters:

	hw_addr	Hardware address
	ll_addr	Link-layer address

Definition at line 105 of file ethernet.c.

References ETH_ALEN, and memcpy.

                                                          {
        memcpy ( ll_addr, hw_addr, ETH_ALEN );
}

const char* eth_ntoa

(

const void *

ll_addr

)

Transcribe Ethernet address.

Parameters:

ll_addr

Link-layer address

Return values:

string

Link-layer address in human-readable format

Definition at line 115 of file ethernet.c.

References sprintf.

Referenced by amd8111e_get_mac_address(), aoe_rx_cfg(), b44_probe(), bnx2_probe(), corkscrew_probe1(), cs89x0_probe(), davicom_probe(), dmfe_probe(), eepro_probe(), epic100_probe(), eth_probe(), forcedeth_probe(), ibft_fill_nic(), iwlist(), mtd_probe(), ne_probe(), net80211_probe_step(), net80211_step_associate(), pcnet32_probe(), phantom_add_macaddr(), phantom_del_macaddr(), phantom_get_macaddr(), prism2_probe(), rhine_probe1(), rtl8169_probe(), smc9000_probe(), t595_probe(), t5x9_probe(), tg3_probe(), tlan_probe(), tulip_probe(), undinet_probe(), velocity_probe(), vxge_probe(), w89c840_probe(), and wpa_derive_ptk().

                                              {
        static char buf[18]; /* "00:00:00:00:00:00" */
        const uint8_t *eth_addr = ll_addr;

        sprintf ( buf, "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
                  eth_addr[0], eth_addr[1], eth_addr[2],
                  eth_addr[3], eth_addr[4], eth_addr[5] );
        return buf;
}

int eth_mc_hash	(	unsigned int	af,
		const void *	net_addr,
		void *	ll_addr
	)

Hash multicast address.

Parameters:

	af	Address family
	net_addr	Network-layer address
	ll_addr	Link-layer address to fill in

Return values:

rc

Return status code

Definition at line 133 of file ethernet.c.

References AF_INET, and ENOTSUP.

                                                                         {
        const uint8_t *net_addr_bytes = net_addr;
        uint8_t *ll_addr_bytes = ll_addr;

        switch ( af ) {
        case AF_INET:
                ll_addr_bytes[0] = 0x01;
                ll_addr_bytes[1] = 0x00;
                ll_addr_bytes[2] = 0x5e;
                ll_addr_bytes[3] = net_addr_bytes[1] & 0x7f;
                ll_addr_bytes[4] = net_addr_bytes[2];
                ll_addr_bytes[5] = net_addr_bytes[3];
                return 0;
        default:
                return -ENOTSUP;
        }
}

int eth_eth_addr	(	const void *	ll_addr,
		void *	eth_addr
	)

Generate Ethernet-compatible compressed link-layer address.

Parameters:

	ll_addr	Link-layer address
	eth_addr	Ethernet-compatible address to fill in

Definition at line 157 of file ethernet.c.

References ETH_ALEN, and memcpy.

                                                         {
        memcpy ( eth_addr, ll_addr, ETH_ALEN );
        return 0;
}

struct net_device* alloc_etherdev

(

size_t

priv_size

)

[read]

Allocate Ethernet device.

Parameters:

priv_size

Size of driver private data

Return values:

netdev

Network device, or NULL

Definition at line 183 of file ethernet.c.

References alloc_netdev(), eth_broadcast, ETH_FRAME_LEN, net_device::ll_broadcast, net_device::ll_protocol, net_device::max_pkt_len, and netdev.

Referenced by a3c90x_probe(), atl1e_probe(), b44_probe(), e1000_probe(), e1000e_probe(), efab_probe(), ifec_pci_probe(), igb_probe(), legacy_probe(), mtnic_probe(), myri10ge_pci_probe(), natsemi_probe(), phantom_probe(), pnic_probe(), rtl8169_probe(), rtl_probe(), sis190_init_board(), skge_devinit(), sky2_init_netdev(), undinet_probe(), and vxge_device_register().

                                                        {
        struct net_device *netdev;

        netdev = alloc_netdev ( priv_size );
        if ( netdev ) {
                netdev->ll_protocol = &ethernet_protocol;
                netdev->ll_broadcast = eth_broadcast;
                netdev->max_pkt_len = ETH_FRAME_LEN;
        }
        return netdev;
}