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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24 2/3]S2io: Support for add/delete/store/restore
 ethernet addresses
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:38:56 -0400
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David Miller wrote:
> From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:28:23 -0400
> 
>> Sreenivasa Honnur wrote:
>>> - Support to add/delete/store/restore 64 and 128 Ethernet addresses for
>>> Xframe I and Xframe II respectively.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sreenivasa Honnur <sreenivasa.honnur@neterion.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ramkrishna Vepa <ram.vepa@neterion.com>
>> What is the purpose of this?  We do not support more than one unicast 
>> MAC address at present...
> 
> Yes we do, the card can register with the card in ->set_rx_mode() or
> enable promiscuous mode if it has no alternate MAC facility.
> 
> See netdev->uc_list.

Ah, well objection removed then.  I stand corrected.  Didn't know it was 
in yet.

	Jeff