wilc1000: Bring MAC address setting in line with typical Linux behavior

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Linux network drivers normally disallow changing the MAC address when
the interface is up.  This driver has been different in that it allows
to change the MAC address *only* when it's up.  This patch brings
wilc1000 behavior more in line with other network drivers.  We could
have replaced wilc_set_mac_addr() with eth_mac_addr() but that would
break existing documentation on how to change the MAC address.
Likewise, return -EADDRNOTAVAIL (not -EINVAL) when the specified MAC
address is invalid or unavailable.

Signed-off-by: David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@egauge.net>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210303194846.1823596-1-davidm@egauge.net

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David Mosberger-Tang 2021-03-03 19:50:07 +00:00 • committed by Kalle Valo

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drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c

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