From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 14711] New: usbnet ax88172 mac address change broken Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:38:45 -0800 Message-ID: <20091203133845.4977551c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, bugme-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, remur-hi6Y0CQ0nG0@public.gmane.org To: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-usb-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:41:10 GMT bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14711 > > Summary: usbnet ax88172 mac address change broken > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > Kernel Version: 2.6.31rc8 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Network > AssignedTo: drivers_network-ztI5WcYan/vQLgFONoPN62D2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org > ReportedBy: remur-hi6Y0CQ0nG0@public.gmane.org > Regression: No > > > When changing the MAC address on a NETGEAR FA120 (because an old one is > registered with my provider) the replies to the traffic don't reach the system > anymore, the NIC is dropping them, putting the NIC into promiscous mode will > show they are properly replied to. > > Searching around I found this patch from the openBSD folks > http://www.mail-archive.com/misc-7YlrpqBBQ3VAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org/msg76418.html > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/usb/if_axe.c.diff?r1=1.91;r2=1.92 > > Looks like it is not working with the ax88172, but only with newer models. > Still an error message would be nice when setting another physical address > It would be nice if some asix-competent person could take a look at porting that openbsd patch across, see if it fixes Karsten's hardware. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html