Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:55:08 -0800 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: Router stops routing after changing MAC Address |
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:07:43 -0800 Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org> wrote:
> 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?
No. most drivers allow changes on the fly. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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