netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: mvneta: Remove IFF_UNICAST

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Message-Id: <20161125.195933.694389582684212468.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 25 Nov 2016 19:59:33 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: mvneta: Remove IFF_UNICAST_FLT
 which is not implemented

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 00:08:13 +0100

> The mvneta driver advertises it supports IFF_UNICAST_FLT. However, it
> actually does not. The hardware probably does support it, but there is
> no code to configure the filter. As a quick and simple fix, remove the
> flag. This will cause the core to fall back to promiscuous mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Fixes: b50b72de2f2f ("net: mvneta: enable features before registering the driver")

Applied.