From: stephen hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> commit f8c1b7ce00254a5bb75d5b5e5ef1601326a0e08e upstream
There is no need to require forcing device down on a Ethernet GRE (gretap) tunnel to change the MAC address. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Jianchuan Wang <jianchuan.w...@windriver.com> --- net/ipv4/ip_gre.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c index c5a557a..9b84254 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c @@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ static void ipgre_tap_setup(struct net_device *dev) { ether_setup(dev); dev->netdev_ops = &gre_tap_netdev_ops; + dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE; ip_tunnel_setup(dev, gre_tap_net_id); } -- 1.9.1 -- _______________________________________________ linux-yocto mailing list linux-yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/linux-yocto