Hi everyone,
This 2.6.5 patch for the universal tuntap driver allows setting the MAC
address via ifconfig(8).
I'm not subscribed to netdev so if you could CC me that'd be awesome.
-Jeremy
Patch contents:
-- CUT HERE --
===== drivers/net/tun.c 1.33 vs edited =====
--- 1.33/drivers/net/tun.c Mon Mar 15 12:45:05 2004
+++ edited/drivers/net/tun.c Sun Apr 11 22:39:06 2004
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@
return &tun->stats;
}
+static int tun_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
+{
+ struct sockaddr *addr=p;
+ if (netif_running(dev))
+ return -EBUSY;
+ memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data,dev->addr_len);
+ return 0;
+}
+
/* Initialize net device. */
static void tun_net_init(struct net_device *dev)
{
@@ -138,6 +147,7 @@
case TUN_TAP_DEV:
/* Ethernet TAP Device */
dev->set_multicast_list = tun_net_mclist;
+ dev->set_mac_address = tun_mac_addr;
/* Generate random Ethernet address. */
*(u16 *)dev->dev_addr = htons(0x00FF);
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