Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> [...] > OK, thank you. Do you agree that a manually set MAC needs to be kept > even through a pre/post_reset() and reset_resume(), while a MAC passed > through needs to be reevaluated at pre/post_reset() but not at > reset_resume() Yes. I think a user wishes to keep it. > > Besides, I don't understand why you set tp->external_mac = false > > in rtl8152_down(). > > Frankly I need to undo the effect of ndo_set_mac_address() > at some time, but it is unclear to me how to return a network > interface to its "native" MAC. > Any ideas? I am not sure. Is it necessary? If I change the MAC address, I don't hope it is recovered unexpectedly unless the system is rebooted or shutdown. Best Regards, Hayes
