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authorAlex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com>2009-02-04 16:36:34 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-02-04 16:36:34 -0800
commit9c46f6d42f1b5627c49a5906cb5b315ad8716ff0 (patch)
tree15ecb8c7d501407d45100ff78e6a2580750d0245 /drivers/net/virtio_net.c
parent0bde95690d65653e420d04856c5d5783155c747c (diff)
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virtio_net: Allow setting the MAC address of the NIC
Many physical NICs let the OS re-program the "hardware" MAC address. Virtual NICs should allow this too. Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com> Acked-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/virtio_net.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/virtio_net.c23
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index e68813a246db..3d0033920224 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -565,6 +565,22 @@ stop_queue:
goto done;
}
+static int virtnet_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
+{
+ struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
+ struct virtio_device *vdev = vi->vdev;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = eth_mac_addr(dev, p);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ vdev->config->set(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, mac),
+ dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
static void virtnet_netpoll(struct net_device *dev)
{
@@ -774,7 +790,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops virtnet_netdev = {
.ndo_stop = virtnet_close,
.ndo_start_xmit = start_xmit,
.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
- .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
+ .ndo_set_mac_address = virtnet_set_mac_address,
.ndo_set_rx_mode = virtnet_set_rx_mode,
.ndo_change_mtu = virtnet_change_mtu,
.ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid = virnet_vlan_rx_add_vid,
@@ -860,8 +876,11 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
vdev->config->get(vdev,
offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, mac),
dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
- } else
+ } else {
random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+ vdev->config->set(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, mac),
+ dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
+ }
/* Set up our device-specific information */
vi = netdev_priv(dev);
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