[PATCH 1/5] virtio_net: Allow setting the MAC address of the NIC

Alex Williamson
2009-01-16T21:13:18Z

Many physical NICs let the OS re-program the "hardware" MAC
address. Virtual NICs should allow this too.

Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com>
---

drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 43f6523..e7700de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -561,6 +561,22 @@ stop_queue:
goto done;
}

+static int virtnet_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
+{
+ struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
+ struct virtio_device *vdev = vi->vdev;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = eth_mac_addr(dev, p);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ vdev->config->set(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, mac),
+ dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
static void virtnet_netpoll(struct net_device *dev)
{
@@ -629,7 +645,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops virtnet_netdev = {
.ndo_stop = virtnet_close,
.ndo_start_xmit = start_xmit,
.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
- .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
+ .ndo_set_mac_address = virtnet_set_mac_address,
.ndo_change_mtu = virtnet_change_mtu,
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
.ndo_poll_controller = virtnet_netpoll,
@@ -677,8 +693,11 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
vdev->config->get(vdev,
offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, mac),
dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
- } else
+ } else {
random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+ vdev->config->set(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, mac),
+ dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
+ }

/* Set up our device-specific information */
vi = netdev_priv(dev);