| Message ID | 1258492240-24554-1-git-send-email-ron.mercer@qlogic.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
From: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:10:40 -0800 > Allow MAC address to be changed even if device is not up. > > Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c index e2ee47d..7692299 100644 --- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c @@ -3951,9 +3951,6 @@ static int qlge_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev, void *p) struct sockaddr *addr = p; int status; - if (netif_running(ndev)) - return -EBUSY; - if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data)) return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ndev->addr_len);
Allow MAC address to be changed even if device is not up. Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com> --- drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c | 3 --- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)