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| author | Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> | 2017-11-29 16:34:38 +0100 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-11-30 10:10:16 -0500 |
| commit | 0fc66ddfaf8bb8f73c965f24928f8815b470304e (patch) | |
| tree | b115dd5733a66f73a8611be32af4e3dfeae7fc56 /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | 3d8068c55c57439c35f23772ec936339d57494ec (diff) | |
Documentation: net: dsa: Cut set_addr() documentation
This is not supported anymore, devices needing a MAC address
just assign one at random, it's just a driver pecularity.
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt index b8b40753133e..25170ad7d25b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt @@ -385,11 +385,6 @@ Switch configuration avoid relying on what a previous software agent such as a bootloader/firmware may have previously configured. -- set_addr: Some switches require the programming of the management interface's - Ethernet MAC address, switch drivers can also disable ageing of MAC addresses - on the management interface and "hardcode"/"force" this MAC address for the - CPU/management interface as an optimization - PHY devices and link management ------------------------------- |