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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:07:54 +0200 From: Paolo Pisati <p.pisati@...il.com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: p.pisati@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, peppe.cavallaro@...com, kristoffer@...sler.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] kernel parameters: introduce "macaddr" to set mac address On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 01:20:37PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > 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. actually it's a not a module parameter. and what if you want to change your nic MAC at boot time? e.g. netboot setup with different configs per different MACs. -- bye, p. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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