Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 3 authors, 2016-08-27

[PATCH] smc91x: remove ARM hack for unaligned 16-bit writes

From: linux@armlinux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
Date: 2016-08-27 15:39:20
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On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 05:30:42PM +0200, Robert Jarzmik wrote:
Hi Russell,

With your patch :
 - lubbock, mainstone and zylonite boards are working correctly
   => ie. all my boards are working correctly

 - the message "ifconfig: SIOCSIFHWADDR: Device or resource busy" is still there
   => this message is here even without your patch, so it's rather not relevant
   => this message is triggered by an "/sbin/ifconfig eth0 hw ether
   08:00:3e:26:0a:5b" command

So from a PXA testing point of view it's all good, ie.
Tested-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
Thanks for testing, that's good news.

You'll get "SIOCSIFHWADDR: Device or resource busy" if the device is
already up and has no support for changing the address while the NIC
is "live" - we only program the MAC address when bringing the smc91x
device up (or resetting it after a timeout).

See net/ethernet/eth.c::eth_prepare_mac_addr_change() and smc_enable().

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