[ovs-dev] [cleanups 10/12] netdev-linux: "Down" tap devices before setting hw addr.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Fri Nov 16 18:07:58 UTC 2012


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:03:03AM -0800, Justin Pettit wrote:
> On Linux, it is not possible to set the mac address on "up" tap
> interfaces.  This commit temporarily "down"s the interface so the
> address can be set for the netdev_linux_set_etheraddr() call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com>

Looks good, thank you.



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