From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: claudiu.manoil@freescale.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] gianfar: Enable changing mac addr when if up
Date: Sat, 09 May 2015 17:38:02 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150509.173802.236852068324361392.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1430924850-2871-2-git-send-email-claudiu.manoil@freescale.com>
From: Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@freescale.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 18:07:30 +0300
> Use device flag IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE to signal that
> the device supports changing the hardware address when
> the device is running.
> This allows eth_mac_addr() to change the mac address
> also when the network device's interface is open.
> This capability is required by certain applications,
> like bonding mode 6 (Adaptive Load Balancing).
>
> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@freescale.com>
Applied.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-09 21:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-06 15:07 [PATCH net-next 1/2] gianfar: Move TxFIFO underrun handling to reset path Claudiu Manoil
2015-05-06 15:07 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] gianfar: Enable changing mac addr when if up Claudiu Manoil
2015-05-09 21:38 ` David Miller [this message]
2015-05-09 21:37 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] gianfar: Move TxFIFO underrun handling to reset path David Miller
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