1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 8a2df4dfbc59..ae588aab21b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ static inline int is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
         return ((addr[0] != 0xff) && (0x01 & addr[0]));
 }
 
+static inline int is_broadcast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+{
+        return ((addr[0] == 0xff) && (addr[1] == 0xff) && (addr[2] == 0xff) &&  
+                (addr[3] == 0xff) && (addr[4] == 0xff) && (addr[5] == 0xff));
+}
+
 /**
  * is_valid_ether_addr - Determine if the given Ethernet address is valid
  * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address