There is nothing prevents us from changing MAC on the running interface.
Allow this with ndev priv flag.

Signed-off-by: Igor Russkikh <igor.russk...@aquantia.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
index ebbaf63..34120d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ void aq_nic_ndev_init(struct aq_nic_s *self)
        self->ndev->hw_features |= aq_hw_caps->hw_features;
        self->ndev->features = aq_hw_caps->hw_features;
        self->ndev->priv_flags = aq_hw_caps->hw_priv_flags;
+       self->ndev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
+
        self->ndev->mtu = aq_nic_cfg->mtu - ETH_HLEN;
        self->ndev->max_mtu = aq_hw_caps->mtu - ETH_FCS_LEN - ETH_HLEN;
 
-- 
2.7.4

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