IS_ETHERDEV_ADDR

Section: Network device support (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

is_etherdev_addr - Tell if given Ethernet address belongs to the device.  

SYNOPSIS

bool is_etherdev_addr(const struct net_device * dev, const u8 addr[6 + 2]);
 

ARGUMENTS

dev

Pointer to a device structure

addr[6 + 2]

Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
 

DESCRIPTION

Compare passed address with all addresses of the device. Return true if the address if one of the device addresses.

Note that this function calls compare_ether_addr_64bits so take care of the right padding.  

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