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Message-Id: <20150509.173802.236852068324361392.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Sat, 09 May 2015 17:38:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: claudiu.manoil@...escale.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] gianfar: Enable changing mac addr when if
up
From: Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@...escale.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 18:07:30 +0300
> Use device flag IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE to signal that
> the device supports changing the hardware address when
> the device is running.
> This allows eth_mac_addr() to change the mac address
> also when the network device's interface is open.
> This capability is required by certain applications,
> like bonding mode 6 (Adaptive Load Balancing).
>
> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@...escale.com>
Applied.
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