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authorLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>2017-11-29 16:34:38 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-11-30 10:10:16 -0500
commit0fc66ddfaf8bb8f73c965f24928f8815b470304e (patch)
treeb115dd5733a66f73a8611be32af4e3dfeae7fc56 /Documentation/networking
parent3d8068c55c57439c35f23772ec936339d57494ec (diff)
Documentation: net: dsa: Cut set_addr() documentation
This is not supported anymore, devices needing a MAC address just assign one at random, it's just a driver pecularity. Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
index b8b40753133e..25170ad7d25b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
@@ -385,11 +385,6 @@ Switch configuration
avoid relying on what a previous software agent such as a bootloader/firmware
may have previously configured.
-- set_addr: Some switches require the programming of the management interface's
- Ethernet MAC address, switch drivers can also disable ageing of MAC addresses
- on the management interface and "hardcode"/"force" this MAC address for the
- CPU/management interface as an optimization
-
PHY devices and link management
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