On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 16:10 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: > Introduce IFF_LIFE_ADDR_CHANGE priv_flag and use it to disable > netif_running() check in eth_mac_addr() > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpi...@redhat.com> > --- > include/linux/if.h | 2 ++ > net/ethernet/eth.c | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/if.h b/include/linux/if.h > index f995c66..fd9ee7c 100644 > --- a/include/linux/if.h > +++ b/include/linux/if.h > @@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ > #define IFF_UNICAST_FLT 0x20000 /* Supports unicast filtering > */ > #define IFF_TEAM_PORT 0x40000 /* device used as team port */ > #define IFF_SUPP_NOFCS 0x80000 /* device supports sending > custom FCS */ > +#define IFF_LIFE_ADDR_CHANGE 0x100000 /* device supports hardware > address > + * change when it's running */ [...]
Any device that has IFF_UNICAST_FLT can update the unicast MAC filter while it's running; doesn't that go hand-in-hand with being able to handle changes to the primary MAC address? Is the new flag really necessary at all? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
