From: Jason Martinsen <jasonmartin...@msn.com> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:38:22 +0000
> Current state for the lan78xx driver does not allow for changing the MAC > address of the interface, without either removing the module (if you compiled > it that way) or rebooting the machine. If you attempt to change the MAC > address, ifconfig will show the new address, however, the system/interface > will not respond to any traffic using that configuration. A few short-term > options to work around this are to unload the module and reload it with the > new MAC address, change the interface to "promisc", or reboot with the > correct configuration to change the MAC. > > This patch enables the ability to change the MAC address via fairly normal > means... > ifdown <interface> > modify entry in /etc/network/interfaces OR a similar method > ifup <interface> > Then test via any network communication, such as ICMP requests to gateway. > > My only test platform for this patch has been a raspberry pi model 3b+. > > Signed-off-by: Jason Martinsen <jasonmartin...@msn.com> Applied.
