From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FEFDC3A59D for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2019 01:23:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4381322DD3 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2019 01:23:10 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b="DBKpWqwk" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726248AbfHUBXH (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:23:07 -0400 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([185.16.172.187]:46964 "EHLO vps0.lunn.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726215AbfHUBXH (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:23:07 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=JtC8HPDsaJT2ignF7Xz0LRvzJfhq+iIL8ZgA29FlRsU=; b=DBKpWqwk57sTJIOfUxkIqJwXOb GL0ryAQ+rOMAxg55cFE2/NX9PmBQpSPOLTzLP4ZKLIL2Zgf23za7FdApruCa0VRKeP+A8nui75bv/ LyywAZ8l+dLfKljDReLca2Nm+uFOGiOYyoaK16pFA+oWieNHSweC4wT3QTP4j453jPdg=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i0FL0-0001dy-Vl; Wed, 21 Aug 2019 03:22:58 +0200 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 03:22:58 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn To: Charles.Hyde@dellteam.com Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, Mario.Limonciello@dell.com, oliver@neukum.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, nic_swsd@realtek.com Subject: Re: [RFC 1/4] Add usb_get_address and usb_set_address support Message-ID: <20190821012258.GB4285@lunn.ch> References: <1566339522507.45056@Dellteam.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1566339522507.45056@Dellteam.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 10:18:42PM +0000, Charles.Hyde@dellteam.com wrote: > The core USB driver message.c is missing get/set address functionality > that stops ifconfig from being able to push MAC addresses out to USB > based ethernet devices. Without this functionality, some USB devices > stop responding to ethernet packets when using ifconfig to change MAC > addresses. Hi Charles ifconfig has been deprecated for years, maybe a decade. Please reference the current tools, iproute2. Andrew