Re: [PATCH net-next] net: stmmac: allow changing the MTU while the interface is running

2017-04-05 Thread David Miller
From: Niklas Cassel Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 14:18:54 +0200 > From: Niklas Cassel > > Setting ethtool ops for stmmac is only allowed when the interface is up. > Setting MTU (a netdev op) for stmmac is only allowed when the interface > is down. > > It seems that the only reason why MTU cannot be c

[PATCH net-next] net: stmmac: allow changing the MTU while the interface is running

2017-04-04 Thread Niklas Cassel
From: Niklas Cassel Setting ethtool ops for stmmac is only allowed when the interface is up. Setting MTU (a netdev op) for stmmac is only allowed when the interface is down. It seems that the only reason why MTU cannot be changed when running is that we have not bothered to implement a nice way