From: Alan Cox <redacted>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:13:58 +0000

On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:01:22 +0100
Danny Kukawka [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Check if given address is valid in .ndo_set_mac_address/
rose_set_mac_address(), if invalid return -EADDRNOTAVAIL as
eth_mac_addr() already does if is_valid_ether_addr() fails.

This patch series looks wrong - you cannot go blindly applying ethernet
mac address tests to device drivers without checking if they are using
802.11 type addressing at the physical level.

Right.