| From | Kamal Mostafa <> | Subject | [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 093/170] net: mvneta: enable change MAC address when interface is up | Date | Fri, 1 Apr 2016 17:52:59 -0700 |
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3.19.8-ckt18 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Dmitri Epshtein <dima@marvell.com>
commit 928b6519afeb2a5e2dc61154380b545ed66c476a upstream.
Function eth_prepare_mac_addr_change() is called as part of MAC address change. This function check if interface is running. To enable change MAC address when interface is running: IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE flag must be set to dev->priv_flags field
Fixes: c5aff18204da ("net: mvneta: driver for Marvell Armada 370/XP network unit") Signed-off-by: Dmitri Epshtein <dima@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c index 3832570..93b2a28 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c @@ -3079,7 +3079,7 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) dev->features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_TSO; dev->hw_features |= dev->features; dev->vlan_features |= dev->features; - dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT; + dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT | IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE; dev->gso_max_segs = MVNETA_MAX_TSO_SEGS; err = register_netdev(dev); -- 2.7.4
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