Subject: Re: [patch next 3/4] netxen: fix bonding support

From: [email-masked] (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:50:32 -0700

Dhananjay Phadke <[email-masked]> writes:

>> Yes.  That should prevent the null pointer deference.  Will it also
>> allow setting the mac address when the NIC is down?
>> 
>> Eric
>
> Yes, we do save new address in netdev->dev_addr.
> This is later on programmed in hardware when interface is brought up.

Yep. Thanks.  I just tested it and confirmed the crash is no longer there.

Eric