Sometimes it is useful to be able to change the MAC address of the interface for netback devices. For example, when using ebtables it may be useful to be able to distinguish traffic from different interfaces without depending on the interface name.
Reported-by: Nikita Borzykh <[email protected]> Reported-by: Paul Harvey <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <[email protected]> Acked-by: Ian Campbell <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Matt Wilson <[email protected]> --- Changes since v1: * No code changes, only updated commit message --- drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c index b7d41f8..f733cae 100644 --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c @@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ static const struct net_device_ops xenvif_netdev_ops = { .ndo_stop = xenvif_close, .ndo_change_mtu = xenvif_change_mtu, .ndo_fix_features = xenvif_fix_features, + .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr, + .ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr, }; struct xenvif *xenvif_alloc(struct device *parent, domid_t domid, -- 1.7.4.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
