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)
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

index e68813a246db247860e803164848cb35e657add4..3d0033920224715360c67a75c608f9a7f42da17b 100644 (file)
@@ -565,6 +565,22 @@ stop_queue:
        goto done;
 }
 
+static int virtnet_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
+{
+       struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
+       struct virtio_device *vdev = vi->vdev;
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = eth_mac_addr(dev, p);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       vdev->config->set(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, mac),
+                         dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 static void virtnet_netpoll(struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -774,7 +790,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops virtnet_netdev = {
        .ndo_stop            = virtnet_close,
        .ndo_start_xmit      = start_xmit,
        .ndo_validate_addr   = eth_validate_addr,
-       .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
+       .ndo_set_mac_address = virtnet_set_mac_address,
        .ndo_set_rx_mode     = virtnet_set_rx_mode,
        .ndo_change_mtu      = virtnet_change_mtu,
        .ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid = virnet_vlan_rx_add_vid,
@@ -860,8 +876,11 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
                vdev->config->get(vdev,
                                  offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, mac),
                                  dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
-       } else
+       } else {
                random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+               vdev->config->set(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, mac),
+                                 dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
+       }
 
        /* Set up our device-specific information */
        vi = netdev_priv(dev);