netdev - Re: [PATCH] smsc75xx: only set mac address once on bind

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Date:	Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:10:08 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	steve.glendinning@...well.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bjorn@...k.no, dcbw@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smsc75xx: only set mac address once on bind

From: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...well.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:01:19 +0000

> This patch changes when we decide what the device's MAC address
> is from per ifconfig up to once when the device is connected.
> 
> Without this patch, a manually forced device MAC is overwritten
> on ifconfig down/up.  Also devices that have no EEPROM are
> assigned a new random address on ifconfig down/up instead of
> persisting the same one.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...well.net>
> Reported-by: Robert Cunningham <rcunningham@...surveillance.com>

Applied.
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