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From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
To: Charles.Hyde@dellteam.com, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mario.Limonciello@dell.com, nic_swsd@realtek.com,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3] net: cdc_ncm: add get/set ethernet address functions
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:59:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1566809983.2612.2.camel@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d3971424f9ee4b689b762721f671746a@AUSX13MPS303.AMER.DELL.COM>

Am Freitag, den 23.08.2019, 22:26 +0000 schrieb
Charles.Hyde@dellteam.com:
> This patch adds support for pushing a MAC address out to USB based
> ethernet controllers driven by cdc_ncm.  With this change, ifconfig can
> now set the device's MAC address.  For example, the Dell Universal Dock
> D6000 is driven by cdc_ncm.  The D6000 can now have its MAC address set
> by ifconfig, as it can be done in Windows.  This was tested with a D6000
> using ifconfig on an x86 based chromebook, where iproute2 is not
> available.

The code is good. But placing it into cdc_ncm means that cdc_ether
or other drivers cannot use it.

	Regards
		Oliver


  reply	other threads:[~2019-08-26  9:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-23 22:26 [RFC 1/3] net: cdc_ncm: add get/set ethernet address functions Charles.Hyde
2019-08-26  8:59 ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
2019-08-26 15:11   ` Mario.Limonciello

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