netdev - Re: Handling set_mac_address in set_rx

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Message-ID: <4686BF35.8080605@garzik.org>
Date:	Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:38:13 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
CC:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Handling set_mac_address in set_rx_mode

Patrick McHardy wrote:
> While adding support for secondary unicast addresses to 8021q and
> macvlan, I've tried keeping dev->dev_addr as global address on
> dev->uc_list and have drivers skip them to avoid having all
> dev_unicast_add users implement a state machine like this:

[...]

Something that is not entirely clear to me...  This has zero impact on 
existing drivers, right?

I would not fancy updating all drivers for a new MAC addr scheme...

	Jeff



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