--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.6.39.4/include/linux/etherdevice.h	2011-08-03 19:43:28.000000000 +0000
+++ puma6-arm-6490-729/linux-2.6.39.4/include/linux/etherdevice.h	2021-11-10 13:23:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -138,7 +138,26 @@
 	addr [0] &= 0xfe;	/* clear multicast bit */
 	addr [0] |= 0x02;	/* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
 }
-
+ static inline void eth_random_addr(u8 *addr)
+ {
+         get_random_bytes(addr, ETH_ALEN);
+         addr[0] &= 0xfe;        /* clear multicast bit */
+         addr[0] |= 0x02;        /* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
+ }
+/**
+  * eth_hw_addr_random - Generate software assigned random Ethernet and
+  * set device flag
+  * @dev: pointer to net_device structure
+  *
+  * Generate a random Ethernet address (MAC) to be used by a net device
+  * and set addr_assign_type so the state can be read by sysfs and be
+  * used by userspace.
+  */
+ static inline void eth_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev)
+ {
+         dev->addr_assign_type |= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
+         eth_random_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+ }
 /**
  * dev_hw_addr_random - Create random MAC and set device flag
  * @dev: pointer to net_device structure
@@ -169,6 +188,18 @@
 	return ((a[0] ^ b[0]) | (a[1] ^ b[1]) | (a[2] ^ b[2])) != 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ether_addr_equal - Compare two Ethernet addresses
+ * @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ * @addr2: Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Compare two ethernet addresses, returns true if equal
+ */
+static inline bool ether_addr_equal(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2)
+{
+	return !compare_ether_addr(addr1, addr2);
+}
+
 static inline unsigned long zap_last_2bytes(unsigned long value)
 {
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN