Hi!

> > "ifconfig hw ether XX" normally sets the address. I guess that's
> > ioctl?
> 
> This sets temporary address and it is ioctl. IIRC same as what ethtool 
> uses. (ifconfig is already deprecated).
> 
> > And I guess we should use similar mechanism for permanent
> > address.
> 
> I'm not sure here... Above ioctl ↑↑↑ is for changing temporary mac 
> address. But here we do not want to change permanent mac address. We 
> want to tell kernel driver current permanent mac address which is
> stored

Well... I'd still use similar mechanism :-).
                                                                        Pavel
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