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DateThu, 16 Mar 2006 08:07:43 -0800
FromChris Wedgwood <>
SubjectRe: Router stops routing after changing MAC Address
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 10:00:41AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> There still is a bug in the 3c59x driver. It doesn't include any
> code to handle changing the mac address. It will work if you take
> the device down, change address, then bring it up. But you shouldn't
> have to do that.

I sent a patch do to this probably a year or two back and it was
rejected (by akpm if I recall) because of the argument that you could
and should take it down, change the MAC and bring it back up.

Is this no longer a requirement?

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