[Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/2] rtl8139: update HMP only when the address is fully written

2013-11-21 Thread Vlad Yasevich
rtl8139 hardware requires 9346 config register to be set into write mode before mac address can be changed even though it is not documented. Every driver inspected so far appears to do this along with comments that this is an undocumented requirement. We can use this to help us identify when the

Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/2] rtl8139: update HMP only when the address is fully written

2013-11-21 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/21/2013 01:04 PM, Vlad Yasevich wrote: rtl8139 hardware requires 9346 config register to be set into write mode before mac address can be changed even though it is not documented. Every driver inspected so far appears to do this along with comments that this is an undocumented