(switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:41:10 GMT bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14711 > > Summary: usbnet ax88172 mac address change broken > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > Kernel Version: 2.6.31rc8 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Network > AssignedTo: drivers_network@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ReportedBy: remur@xxxxxxx > Regression: No > > > When changing the MAC address on a NETGEAR FA120 (because an old one is > registered with my provider) the replies to the traffic don't reach the system > anymore, the NIC is dropping them, putting the NIC into promiscous mode will > show they are properly replied to. > > Searching around I found this patch from the openBSD folks > http://www.mail-archive.com/misc@xxxxxxxxxxx/msg76418.html > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/usb/if_axe.c.diff?r1=1.91;r2=1.92 > > Looks like it is not working with the ax88172, but only with newer models. > Still an error message would be nice when setting another physical address > It would be nice if some asix-competent person could take a look at porting that openbsd patch across, see if it fixes Karsten's hardware. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
