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author | Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> | 2006-09-29 08:58:53 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-09-29 16:18:04 (GMT) |
commit | fade5d5461b0379b27ca96faf560d855d7a0ea8b (patch) | |
tree | e12b7753db8c4dcb7f5fd187062eb5e055526228 /arch/um/drivers/net_user.c | |
parent | 3b89af765cd62c1c3ca6c81adca45084f8840e06 (diff) | |
download | linux-fade5d5461b0379b27ca96faf560d855d7a0ea8b.tar.xz |
[PATCH] uml: don't roll my own random MAC generator
Use the existing random_ether_addr() instead of cooking up my own
version. Pointed out by Dave Hollis and Jason Lunz.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/um/drivers/net_user.c')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/um/drivers/net_user.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c index 142bcb2..f3a3f8a 100644 --- a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c +++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c @@ -259,32 +259,3 @@ char *split_if_spec(char *str, ...) va_end(ap); return str; } - -void random_mac(unsigned char *addr) -{ - struct timeval tv; - long n; - unsigned int seed; - - gettimeofday(&tv, NULL); - - /* Assume that 20 bits of microseconds and 12 bits of the pid are - * reasonably unpredictable. - */ - seed = tv.tv_usec | (os_getpid() << 20); - srandom(seed); - - /* Don't care about endianness here - switching endianness - * just rearranges what are hopefully random numbers. - * - * Assume that RAND_MAX > 65536, so random is called twice and - * we use 16 bits of the result. - */ - n = random(); - addr[2] = (n >> 8) & 255; - addr[3] = n % 255; - - n = random(); - addr[4] = (n >> 8) & 255; - addr[5] = n % 255; -} |