netdev - Re: [PATCH][2.6.26] ehea: set mac address fix

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Message-ID: <484EFE82.6080003@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:21:54 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...ibm.com>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Raisch <raisch@...ibm.com>,
	Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Marcus Eder <meder@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Klein <tklein@...ibm.com>, hering2@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6.26] ehea: set mac address fix

Jan-Bernd Themann wrote:
> eHEA has to call firmware functions in order to change the mac address
> of a logical port. This patch checks if the logical port is up
> when calling the register / deregister mac address calls. If the port
> is down these firmware calls would fail and are therefore not executed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>

applied


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