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virtio_net: Allow setting the MAC address of the NIC
authorAlex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com>
Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:36:34 +0000 (16:36 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:36:34 +0000 (16:36 -0800)
commit9c46f6d42f1b5627c49a5906cb5b315ad8716ff0
tree15ecb8c7d501407d45100ff78e6a2580750d0245
parent0bde95690d65653e420d04856c5d5783155c747c
virtio_net: Allow setting the MAC address of the NIC

Many physical NICs let the OS re-program the "hardware" MAC
address.  Virtual NICs should allow this too.

Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com>
Acked-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/virtio_net.c