From 0fc66ddfaf8bb8f73c965f24928f8815b470304e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Walleij Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:34:38 +0100 Subject: 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 Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/networking/dsa') 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 ------------------------------- -- cgit