From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Heiner Kallweit Subject: [PATCH net] r8169: fix mac address change Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 22:49:35 +0200 Message-ID: <1770bc23-75f1-d462-b8a3-61e81ade4c3c@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: David Miller , Corinna Vinschen , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" Return-path: Received: from mail-wr0-f196.google.com ([209.85.128.196]:39544 "EHLO mail-wr0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752726AbeGBUtm (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:49:42 -0400 Received: by mail-wr0-f196.google.com with SMTP id b8-v6so16783303wro.6 for ; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 13:49:42 -0700 (PDT) Content-Language: en-US Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Network core refuses to change mac address because flag IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE isn't set. Set this missing flag. Fixes: 1f7aa2bc268e ("r8169: simplify rtl_set_mac_address") Reported-by: Corinna Vinschen Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit --- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c index f80ac894..a390db27 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c @@ -7607,6 +7607,7 @@ static int rtl_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX; dev->vlan_features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA; + dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE; tp->cp_cmd |= RxChkSum | RxVlan; -- 2.18.0