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[netdrvr] Drivers should not set IFF_* flag themselves

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Some hardware set promisc when they are requested to set IFF_ALLMULTI flag.
It's ok, but if drivers set IFF_PROMISC flag when they set promisc,
it will broken upper layer handle for promisc and allmulti.
In addition, drivers can use their own hardware programming to make it.
So do not allow drivers to set IFF_* flags.

This is a general driver fix, so I didn't split it to pieces and send
to specific driver maintainers.

Signed-off-by: Wang Chen <wangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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Wang Chen
2008-07-22 13:13:12 +08:00
committed by Jeff Garzik
parent fe41424855
commit c16d118537
13 changed files with 9 additions and 57 deletions
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drivers/net/eepro.c
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@@ -1283,14 +1283,6 @@ set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
if (dev->flags&(IFF_ALLMULTI|IFF_PROMISC) || dev->mc_count > 63)
{
/*
* We must make the kernel realise we had to move
* into promisc mode or we start all out war on
* the cable. If it was a promisc request the
* flag is already set. If not we assert it.
*/
dev->flags|=IFF_PROMISC;
eepro_sw2bank2(ioaddr); /* be CAREFUL, BANK 2 now */
mode = inb(ioaddr + REG2);
outb(mode | PRMSC_Mode, ioaddr + REG2);