On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:45:39PM +0800, ak...@redhat.com wrote: > From: Amos Kong <ak...@redhat.com> > > Currenly mac is programmed byte by byte. This means that we > have an intermediate step where mac is wrong. > > Second patch introduced a new vq control command to set mac > address in one time.
As you mention we could alternatively do it without new commands, simply add a feature bit that says that MACs are in the mac table. This would be a much bigger patch, and I'm fine with either way. Rusty what do you think? > Amos Kong (2): > move virtnet_send_command() above virtnet_set_mac_address() > virtio-net: introduce a new control to set macaddr > > drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 105 > ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ > include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h | 8 ++- > 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-) > > -- > 1.7.11.7
