Re: [PATCH v6] r8152: Add support for setting pass through MAC address on RTL8153-AD

[Pali RohÃr]

On Saturday 11 June 2016 19:42:26 David Miller wrote:
> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 17:39:21 +0200
> 
> > What is still open is do we want to accept it at all? Do we accept
> > the concept of putting the same MAC address on multiple interfaces
> > at hotplug time? Do we trust BIOS vendors to not keep changing
> > DSDT property name, since it is not standardised?
> > 
> > Do we want this at all should be decided by somebody more senior
> > then those passing comments on the code.
> 
> Indeed, I think the behavior of using the same MAC address on
> multiple interfaces if we plug several of these in at once is not
> good.
> 
> We shouldn't behave this way just because the Microsoft driver does.

I agree, but in some cases it is night mare for local admins when 
booting different OS cause changing MAC address on local network.

Another similar situation: Imagine that you have two USB network cards 
and both have "burned" into their registers same MAC address. If you 
connect both those USB network cards, linux kernel bind appropriate 
driver which read MAC address for both those cards. But those addresses 
are same. What will linux kernel do in this case?

This is very similar situation as those Dell usb network cards told us 
"hey, use address which is in ACPI DSDT table".

Either we should trust what network card what told us, or not and then 
generate MAC addresses in better way.

Just my opinion...

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Pali RohÃr
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