Re: Regression with AX88179A: can't manually set MAC address anymore

[Sergio Callegari]

For the time being having AX88179A error out on attempts to set an 
hardware address would possibly be useful, though.

Sergio

On 06/09/2023 14:31, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > So if the in-tree driver could be fixed to correctly support the manual
> > configuration of the hardware (MAC) address as it used to be that would be
> > the best. I hope that Andrew Lunn's hypothesis is correct, and that cdc_ncm
> > can be extended to work with AX88179A even when a manual MAC addr is
> > configured.
> I think it can, but it looks like it needs a different
> implementation. The CDC NCM standard is publicly available. It
> documents an optional call to set the MAC address, and there appears
> to be a capability bit to indicate if its implemented in a specific
> device. Ideally if the bit is not set -EOPNOTSUPP should be returned
> when trying to set the MAC address, otherwise make the call to let the
> hardware know of the new MAC address.
>
> Sorry, i don't have the time or the hardware to actually implement
> this. But i can review patches and help with processes.
>
>        Andrew
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