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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 16:14:58 -0700 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: daniel.kiper@...cle.com, stable@...r.kernel.org, msw@...zon.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org, konrad.wilk@...cle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.4] xen-netback: allow changing the MAC address of the interface On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 02:58:44PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com> > Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 21:46:20 +0200 > > > From: Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com> > > > > Sometimes it is useful to be able to change the MAC address of the > > interface for netback devices. For example, when using ebtables it may > > be useful to be able to distinguish traffic from different interfaces > > without depending on the interface name. > > > > Reported-by: Nikita Borzykh <sample.n@...il.com> > > Reported-by: Paul Harvey <stockingpaul@...mail.com> > > Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org > > Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xen.org > > Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com> > > Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com> > > Signed-off-by: Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com> > > Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com> > > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net> > > (cherry picked from commit 4a633a602c26497b8285a202830829d3be007c7b) > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com> > > Tested-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com> > > Tested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com> > > I don't think this is suitable for -stable. > > -stable should be restricted bug fixes for things that either > are extremely serious, or hit a very huge segment of the user > base. > > This issue does not quality for either condition. Yeah, it seems like a new feature to me, I'll drop it from my to-apply queue. thanks for the review, greg k-h -- 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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