netdev - [PATCH v2 net 5/7] net: aquantia: Allow live mac address changes

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Date:   Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:40:35 +0300
From:   Igor Russkikh <igor.russkikh@...antia.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Arcari <darcari@...hat.com>,
        Pavel Belous <pavel.belous@...antia.com>,
        Igor Russkikh <igor.russkikh@...antia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 net 5/7] net: aquantia: Allow live mac address changes

There is nothing prevents us from changing MAC on the running interface.
Allow this with ndev priv flag.

Signed-off-by: Igor Russkikh <igor.russkikh@...antia.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
index ebbaf63..34120d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ void aq_nic_ndev_init(struct aq_nic_s *self)
 	self->ndev->hw_features |= aq_hw_caps->hw_features;
 	self->ndev->features = aq_hw_caps->hw_features;
 	self->ndev->priv_flags = aq_hw_caps->hw_priv_flags;
+	self->ndev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
+
 	self->ndev->mtu = aq_nic_cfg->mtu - ETH_HLEN;
 	self->ndev->max_mtu = aq_hw_caps->mtu - ETH_FCS_LEN - ETH_HLEN;
 
-- 
2.7.4