From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:27:24 -0700 > From: Brian Braunstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Fixed tun/tap driver's handling of hw addresses. The hw address is stored > in both the net_device.dev_addr and tun.dev_addr fields. These fields were > not kept synchronized, and in fact weren't even initialized to the same > value. Now during both init and when performing SIOCSIFHWADDR on the tun > device these values are both updated. However, if SIOCSIFHWADDR is > performed on the net device directly (for instance, setting the hw address > using ifconfig), the tun device does not get updated. Perhaps the > tun.dev_addr field should be removed completely at some point, as it is > redundant and net_device.dev_addr can be used anywhere it is used. > > Signed-off-by: Brian Braunstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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