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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/pktgen.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/pktgen.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c index acc849df60b5..f2b3d8dd40f4 100644 --- a/net/core/pktgen.c +++ b/net/core/pktgen.c @@ -2003,8 +2003,8 @@ static int pktgen_setup_dev(const struct pktgen_net *pn, return -ENODEV; } - if (odev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER) { - pr_err("not an ethernet device: \"%s\"\n", ifname); + if (odev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER && odev->type != ARPHRD_LOOPBACK) { + pr_err("not an ethernet or loopback device: \"%s\"\n", ifname); err = -EINVAL; } else if (!netif_running(odev)) { pr_err("device is down: \"%s\"\n", ifname); |