netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 10/10] staging: vt6656: inherit addr_assign_type along with dev

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Date:	Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:48:17 +0200
From:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 10/10] staging: vt6656: inherit addr_assign_type along with dev_addr

Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> writes:

> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:35:13AM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote:
>> Cc: Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>
>> Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
>> ---
>
> The changlog is missing.

Yes, right.  Sorry about that.

>  Why does this patch help?

It ensures that addr_assign_type is set to the same value as the parent
device the dev_addr is copied from.  The initial reason was that I found
it strange to see NET_ADDR_PERM on a vlan device which had inherited a
random address from its parent.

But I haven't verified whether that the parent device actually can have
an addr_assign_type != NET_ADDR_PERM for every driver included. 

Bjørn

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