netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] 6lowpan: revert 'reuse eth_mac

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Date:	Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:13:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, danny.kukawka@...ect.de,
	dbaryshkov@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] 6lowpan: revert 'reuse eth_mac_addr()'

From: Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com>
Date: Mon,  2 Jul 2012 09:58:46 +0400

> This reverts the commit cdf49c283e2e105da86ca575ad35b453f5ff24ea which
> replaces lowpan '.ndo_set_mac_address' method by ethernet's one.
> 
> Accorind to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, device has 8-byte length address,
> so this hook loses the last 2 bytes which may rise a compatibility problems
> with other IEEE 802.15.4 standard implementations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com>

Applied.
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