netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] gianfar: Enable changing mac addr when if up

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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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