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gianfar: Enable changing mac addr when if up
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Use device flag IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE to signal that
the device supports changing the hardware address when
the device is running.
This allows eth_mac_addr() to change the mac address
also when the network device's interface is open.
This capability is required by certain applications,
like bonding mode 6 (Adaptive Load Balancing).

Signed-off-by: Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Claudiu Manoil authored and David S. Miller committed May 9, 2015
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13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
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Expand Up @@ -516,6 +516,15 @@ static struct net_device_stats *gfar_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
return &dev->stats;
}

static int gfar_set_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
{
eth_mac_addr(dev, p);

gfar_set_mac_for_addr(dev, 0, dev->dev_addr);

return 0;
}

static const struct net_device_ops gfar_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_open = gfar_enet_open,
.ndo_start_xmit = gfar_start_xmit,
Expand All @@ -526,7 +535,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops gfar_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_tx_timeout = gfar_timeout,
.ndo_do_ioctl = gfar_ioctl,
.ndo_get_stats = gfar_get_stats,
.ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
.ndo_set_mac_address = gfar_set_mac_addr,
.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
.ndo_poll_controller = gfar_netpoll,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1411,6 +1420,8 @@ static int gfar_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
dev->features |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX;
}

dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;

gfar_init_addr_hash_table(priv);

/* Insert receive time stamps into padding alignment bytes */
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