> thats why I added the set_mac_address function and i'm calling it in the
> initialization. you should get something stange now from
> if ( (netdev = dev_get_by_name("eth0")) )
> netdev->set_mac_address(netdev, &address);
>
> I'll check that.
> Harald
This patch seems to work. I stripped all the 'real' stuff from
set_mac_address and let the very same code in eth_open care for it.
This doesn't matter as eth_open is called anyway as soon as
the device is brought up.
no idea why this code works in eth_open but not in set_mac_address
Harald
--- drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c 2008-01-04 16:45:47.379661516 +0100
+++ ../../../../../trunk/build_dir/linux-ixp4xx_generic/linux-2.6.23.12/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c 2008-01-04 16:41:26.668804451 +0100
@@ -1113,6 +1113,22 @@
return 0;
}
+static int set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev,
+ void * addr) {
+
+ struct port *port = netdev_priv(dev);
+ struct msg msg;
+ struct sockaddr *address = addr;
+ int i;
+
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(address->sa_data))
+ return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+
+ memcpy(dev->dev_addr, address->sa_data, dev->addr_len);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int __devinit eth_init_one(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct port *port;
@@ -1155,6 +1171,7 @@
dev->get_stats = eth_stats;
dev->do_ioctl = eth_ioctl;
dev->set_multicast_list = eth_set_mcast_list;
+ dev->set_mac_address = set_mac_address;
dev->weight = 16;
dev->tx_queue_len = 100;
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