Re: [Patch 2.6.12.2 1/2]netðtool: Add support for getting the permanent hardware address

2005-07-27 Thread John W. Linville
Build fixup for busted ethtool perm_addr support patch. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- The hunk below is busted... On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 09:32:38AM -0500, Jon Wetzel wrote: > @@ -683,6 +683,22 @@ > return ret; > } > > +static int ethtool_get_perm_addr(struct ne

[Patch 2.6.12.2 1/2]netðtool: Add support for getting the permanent hardware address

2005-07-26 Thread Jon Wetzel
This patch addresses an issue in which hardware detection programs cannot correctly identify network cards due to their mutable MAC addresses stored in net_device struct. As an example, in a configuration with NIC team/bond, the MAC addresses in the dev_addr in net_device struct of the members of a