This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net: mvneta: enable change MAC address when interface is up
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
net-mvneta-enable-change-mac-address-when-interface-is-up.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 928b6519afeb2a5e2dc61154380b545ed66c476a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitri Epshtein <dima@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 18:44:18 +0100
Subject: net: mvneta: enable change MAC address when interface is up
From: Dmitri Epshtein <dima@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -3404,7 +3404,7 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_
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);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dima@xxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/net-mvneta-enable-change-mac-address-when-interface-is-up.patch
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