| Message ID | 1460395405-14889-1-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com |
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c index 0830d23f01ae..99a69490f39b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c @@ -3078,7 +3078,7 @@ 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);
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled net: mvneta: enable change MAC address when interface is up to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.16.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt27. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ---8<------------------------------------------------------------ From f59cf9b50a9ef33341ad5e9a1332da769d0e531a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitri Epshtein <dima@marvell.com> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 18:44:18 +0100 Subject: net: mvneta: enable change MAC address when interface is up 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: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)