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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:22:10 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: mario.limonciello@...l.com Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hayeswang@...ltek.com, sjg@...gle.com, campello@...gle.com, Ryan.Hong@...l.com, Crag.Wang@...l.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Support runtime changes of vendor mac passthu policy From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 13:46:51 -0500 > On some platforms ACPI method `\\_SB.AMAC` is dynamic and changes to it can > influence changing the behavior of MAC pass through and what MAC address is used. > > When running USB reset, re-read the MAC address to use to support tools that > change the policy. > > This is quite similar to using `SIOCSIFHWADDR` except that the actual MAC to use > comes from ASL rather than from userspace. > > Changes from v1: > * Remove an extra unneeded `ether_addr_copy` call > * Use `dev_set_mac_address` to ensure all notifiers are called > * Shuffle functions to allow code re-use. Series applied to net-next.
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