netdev - Re: dm9000: add set_mac

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Message-ID: <20070814101010.GA29632@fluff.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:10:10 +0100
From:	Ben Dooks <ben@...ff.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Cc:	Michael Trimarchi <trimarchi@...dalf.sssup.it>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dm9000: add set_mac_address()

On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 07:08:52PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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.

This sounds sensible, I am working on adding ethtool support
and should have a patch available in the next day or so.

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