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-  Lines: 10
-  Date:
Thu Apr 19 09:34:52 2001
-  Orig file: 
v2.4.3/linux/include/linux/etherdevice.h
-  Orig date: 
Sun Mar 25 18:24:31 2001
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.4.3/linux/include/linux/etherdevice.h linux/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
  * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
  *
  * Check that the Ethernet address (MAC) is not 00:00:00:00:00:00, is not
- * a multicast address, and is not FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.
+ * a multicast address, and is not FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.  The multicast
+ * and FF:FF:... tests are combined into the single test "!(addr[0]&1)".
  *
  * Return true if the address is valid.
  */
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