Re: Router stops routing after changing MAC Address

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 10:00:41AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> There still is a bug in the 3c59x driver.  It doesn't include any
> code to handle changing the mac address.  It will work if you take
> the device down, change address, then bring it up. But you shouldn't
> have to do that.

I sent a patch do to this probably a year or two back and it was
rejected (by akpm if I recall) because of the argument that you could
and should take it down, change the MAC and bring it back up.

Is this no longer a requirement?

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