netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/4] bgmac: write mac address to hardware in ndo_set_mac

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Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:57:42 +0100
From:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] bgmac: write mac address to hardware in ndo_set_mac_address

2013/2/6 Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>:
> The generic implementation just changes the netdev struct and does not
> write the new mac address to the hardware or issues some command to do
> so.

That's because generic "eth_mac_addr" allows changing MAC only when
interface is down. And we "upload" MAC address during bringing
interface up. So there wasn't any bug, it was just working that way :)

One question: how you tested if changing MAC with keeping interface up
works correctly? I just don't know if simple writes to
BGMAC_MACADDR_HIGH and BGMAC_MACADDR_LOW are enough.

If it works for you (changing MAC without stopping interface), I'm OK with that.

-- 
Rafał
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