Re: [PATCH] 8139too.c patch to allow setting of MAC address to actually work.

Ben Greear wrote: > > This was gleaned from conversations with Donald Becker w/regard > to why: ifconfig eth1 hw ether a:b:c:d:e:f > fails to work with the RTL drivers. > > This fixes the problem, at least on my machine: > > (The new line has ### in front of it..) > > 8139too.c, line 1229, f

[PATCH] 8139too.c patch to allow setting of MAC address to actually work.

This was gleaned from conversations with Donald Becker w/regard to why: ifconfig eth1 hw ether a:b:c:d:e:f fails to work with the RTL drivers. This fixes the problem, at least on my machine: (The new line has ### in front of it..) 8139too.c, line 1229, from kernel 2.4.prerelease: /*