netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 14711] New: usbnet ax88172 mac address change broken

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Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 2010 23:21:00 +0100
From:	Karsten König <remur@....net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 14711] New: usbnet ax88172 mac address change broken

No one around to tackle this?
In any case it should reject the MAC adress change as unsupported

Thanks,
Karsten

Am Donnerstag, 3. Dezember 2009 22:38:45 schrieb Andrew Morton:
> (switched to email.  Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
> bugzilla web interface).
> 
> On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:41:10 GMT
> 
> bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14711
> >
> >            Summary: usbnet ax88172 mac address change broken
> >            Product: Drivers
> >            Version: 2.5
> >     Kernel Version: 2.6.31rc8
> >           Platform: All
> >         OS/Version: Linux
> >               Tree: Mainline
> >             Status: NEW
> >           Severity: normal
> >           Priority: P1
> >          Component: Network
> >         AssignedTo: drivers_network@...nel-bugs.osdl.org
> >         ReportedBy: remur@....net
> >         Regression: No
> >
> >
> > When changing the MAC address on a NETGEAR FA120 (because an old one is
> > registered with my provider) the replies to the traffic don't reach the
> > system anymore, the NIC is dropping them, putting the NIC into promiscous
> > mode will show they are properly replied to.
> >
> > Searching around I found this patch from the openBSD folks
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/misc@openbsd.org/msg76418.html
> > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/usb/if_axe.c.diff?r1=1.
> >91;r2=1.92
> >
> > Looks like it is not working with the ax88172, but only with newer
> > models. Still an error message would be nice when setting another
> > physical address
> 
> It would be nice if some asix-competent person could take a look at porting
> that openbsd patch across, see if it fixes Karsten's hardware.
> 
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