netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/6] kernel parameters: introduce "macaddr" to set mac address

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Message-Id: <20121023.132037.2010164496712539552.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:20:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	p.pisati@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, peppe.cavallaro@...com,
	kristoffer@...sler.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] kernel parameters: introduce "macaddr" to set mac
 address

From: Paolo Pisati <p.pisati@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:15:27 +0200

> In the past drivers grew mechanism to set their own mac address at boot time
> via (usually) a module parameter. Unfortunately every single driver had its
> own naming/implementation and it soon became clear that a generic
> mechanism was needed.
> 
> Introduce "macaddr=", a new kernel parameter to set MAC address using
> netdevice ops (and hence being hardware independent).

Sorry, no, no module parameters.

Run time setting is the only reasonable way to set the MAC address
explicitly.
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