netdev - Re: dm9000: add set_mac

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Message-ID: <46BF9304.9080709@pobox.com>
Date:	Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:08:52 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Michael Trimarchi <trimarchi@...dalf.sssup.it>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dm9000: add set_mac_address()

set_mac_address should not write to the SROM, as Michael noted.

The proper operations are:

     probe time:
	read MAC address from SROM

     dev open (interface up):
	write dev->dev_addr[] to RX filter (or identity) registers

EEPROM update support is available separately, via an ethtool sub-ioctl.

	Jeff



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