There is nothing prevents us from changing MAC on the running interface. Allow this with ndev priv flag.
Signed-off-by: Igor Russkikh <igor.russk...@aquantia.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c index 5723f2c..f32e4b3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c @@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ void aq_nic_ndev_init(struct aq_nic_s *self) self->ndev->hw_features |= aq_hw_caps->hw_features; self->ndev->features = aq_hw_caps->hw_features; self->ndev->priv_flags = aq_hw_caps->hw_priv_flags; + self->ndev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE; + self->ndev->mtu = aq_nic_cfg->mtu - ETH_HLEN; self->ndev->max_mtu = aq_hw_caps->mtu - ETH_FCS_LEN - ETH_HLEN; -- 2.7.4