From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:03:50 -0700 > 2) Server Provided MAC Address (SPMA) > The server indicates to the FCF the address it would like to use for FCoE > traffic. It's expected that SPMA capable interfaces will have a storage > dedicated MAC address programed into EPROM, flash, or other non-volatile > storage which the driver will be able to provide to the FCoE stack. > > This adds a net_device_ops function to query a driver for a dedicated storage > address. > > If ndo_get_storage_address is implemented, then the address will also be > exposed as a sysfs attribute. In order to do that, a new optional attrs group > is added to the net_device, with the visibility of each attribute protected by > a call to netdev_show_optional_attr(). This should be what is currently provided in netdev->perm_addr[] I really see no difference. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
