netdev - Re: dm9000: add set_mac

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Date:	Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:54:34 +0200
From:	michael trimarchi <trimarchi@...dalf.sssup.it>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Cc:	jgarzik@...ox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dm9000: add set_mac_address()

On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 11:45:30PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Sunday 12 August 2007 23:38:08 Michael Buesch wrote:
> > On Sunday 12 August 2007 21:27:41 Michael Trimarchi wrote:
> > > Implement set_mac_address() for the dm9000 driver.  This allows changing
> > > the mac address of the interface.
[...]
> > 
> > That is broken on BigEndian architectures.
ok. I'll check it.
> > 
> 
> And is it really desired to change the mac in the ROM here?
> I'd say this should only write the mac to the device registers
> (filters and so on).
Many drivers do that in this way. You can change the MAC address for example
after flashing an arm board using ifconfig eth0 hw <mac address>. 
> 
> -- 
> Greetings Michael.
Cheers
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