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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:50:32 -0700 From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman) To: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@...gic.com> Cc: "netdev\@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [patch next 3/4] netxen: fix bonding support Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@...gic.com> writes: >> Yes. That should prevent the null pointer deference. Will it also >> allow setting the mac address when the NIC is down? >> >> Eric > > Yes, we do save new address in netdev->dev_addr. > This is later on programmed in hardware when interface is brought up. Yep. Thanks. I just tested it and confirmed the crash is no longer there. Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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