Subject: Re: [PATCH] [NET] [ISDN]: Do not validate ISDN net device address prior to interface-up

From: Jarek Poplawski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:07:20 +0000

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 07:57:31AM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Jarek Poplawski wrote:
...
>> Maybe I missed Patrick point, but it seems this patch isn't good:
>> it omits address validation hiding possible problems.
> The ISDN device's address is computed from the IP addresses
> in ->open(), so there is nothing to validate at the time
> eth_validate_addr() is called.

...So I missed the point, sorry!

Thanks for the explanation,
Jarek P.