On Mittwoch, 29. Februar 2012, you wrote:

On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 16:42 +0100, Danny Kukawka wrote:

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Validate the given MAC address directly in dev_set_mac_address()
if a .ndo_validate_addr function is available before calling
the .ndo_set_mac_address function.

Changed .ndo_validate_addr to take a second parameter containing
a sockaddr struct to be checked instead of the net_device dev_addr.
The behaviour of .ndo_validate_addr is now: if the second parameter
is NULL the net_device->dev_addr gets validate, if != NULL
the given parameter/sockaddr gets validated instead.

This patch series include adaptations for some drivers which
use .ndo_set_mac_address functions directly - to prevent double
checks and to enable validations via .ndo_validate_addr.

[...]

You have to do this as a single patch.  The kernel and drivers should
still build at each stage.

Okay. In this case only patch 1 and 2 needs to be merged into one commit/patch 
since the other will even work with out patch one or two. I will send a new 
version of the series as soon as I get more comments on the content.

Danny