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Diffstat (limited to 'recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx-2.6.35.3/smsc95xx-randomize-mac-once.patch')
| -rw-r--r-- | recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx-2.6.35.3/smsc95xx-randomize-mac-once.patch | 51 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx-2.6.35.3/smsc95xx-randomize-mac-once.patch b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx-2.6.35.3/smsc95xx-randomize-mac-once.patch deleted file mode 100644 index 18a5a7e..0000000 --- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx-2.6.35.3/smsc95xx-randomize-mac-once.patch +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -smsc95xx: generate random MAC address once, not every ifup - -The smsc95xx driver currently generates a new random MAC address -every time the interface is brought up. This makes it impossible to -override using the standard `ifconfig hw ether` approach. - -Past patches tried to make the MAC address a module parameter or -base it off the die ID, but it seems to me much simpler (and -hopefully less controversial) to stick with the current random -generation scheme, but allow the user to change the address. - -This patch does exactly that - it moves the random address -generation from smsc95xx_reset() into smsc95xx_bind(), so that it is -done once on module load, not on every ifup. The user can then -override this using the standard mechanisms. - -Applies against 2.6.35 and linux-2.6 head. - -Upstream-Status: Backport [2.6.36] - -Signed-off-by: Bernard Blackham <b-omap@largestprime.net> -Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> ---- - drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c | 4 ++-- - 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) - -diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c -index 12a3c88..65cb1ab 100644 ---- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c -+++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c -@@ -805,8 +805,6 @@ static int smsc95xx_reset(struct usbnet *dev) - return ret; - } - -- smsc95xx_init_mac_address(dev); -- - ret = smsc95xx_set_mac_address(dev); - if (ret < 0) - return ret; -@@ -1047,6 +1045,8 @@ static int smsc95xx_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf) - pdata->use_tx_csum = DEFAULT_TX_CSUM_ENABLE; - pdata->use_rx_csum = DEFAULT_RX_CSUM_ENABLE; - -+ smsc95xx_init_mac_address(dev); -+ - /* Init all registers */ - ret = smsc95xx_reset(dev); - --- -1.7.7.6 - |