Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:52:41 +0200 | From | Andrew Lunn <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] net: dsa: microchip: ksz9477: make switch MAC address configurable |
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> The DSA driver used to have an API to set the MAC address to the switch, > but it was removed because nobody used it.
That is a long time ago, when Marvell was about the only supported vendor. As far as i understood, it was used to set the MAC source address used when sending pause frames. But since pause frames are link local by definition, and the switches had a reasonable default, it was removed.
Andrew
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