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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>2007-03-12 15:16:26 -0700
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2007-03-15 10:44:32 -0400
commit2eb3e621c4e07e9e7200dbb66f0433b4caafb8e7 (patch)
tree076526c36ade3c7c8a5e118c5210e14db96f22de /drivers/net/netxen
parent8ce5e3e45e01ffab38a9f03900181132b9068543 (diff)
skge: set mac address bonding fix
When bonding does fail over it calls set_mac_address. When this happens as the result of another port going down, the phy_mutex that is common to both ports is held, so it deadlocks. Setting the address doesn't need to do anything that needs the phy_mutex, it already has the RTNL to protect against other admin actions. This change just disables the receiver to avoid any hardware confusion while address is changing. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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