netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] make mac programming for virtio net more robust

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:09:20 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	akong@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	qemu-devel@...gnu.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] make mac programming for virtio net more robust

From: Amos Kong <akong@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:17:20 +0800

> Currenly mac is programmed byte by byte. This means that we
> have an intermediate step where mac is wrong. 
> 
> Third patch introduced a new vq control command to set mac
> address, it's atomic.
> 
> V2: check return of sending command, delay eth_mac_addr()
> V3: restore software address when fail to set hardware address
> V4: split eth_mac_addr, fix error handle
> V5: rebase patches to net-next tree

I'll apply this series, thanks.
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