expose system_if_apply_settings, make it ignore the mac address for external devices

[project/netifd.git] / system-linux.c

diff --git a/system-linux.c b/system-linux.c
index d2e3d06..b3b58be 100644 (file)
--- a/system-linux.c
+++ b/system-linux.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ system_if_get_settings(struct device *dev, struct device_settings *s)
        }
 }
 
-static void
+void
 system_if_apply_settings(struct device *dev, struct device_settings *s)
 {
        struct ifreq ifr;
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ system_if_apply_settings(struct device *dev, struct device_settings *s)
                if (ioctl(sock_ioctl, SIOCSIFTXQLEN, &ifr) < 0)
                        s->flags &= ~DEV_OPT_TXQUEUELEN;
        }
-       if (s->flags & DEV_OPT_MACADDR) {
+       if ((s->flags & DEV_OPT_MACADDR) && !dev->external) {
                ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_family = ARPHRD_ETHER;
                memcpy(&ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, s->macaddr, sizeof(s->macaddr));
                if (ioctl(sock_ioctl, SIOCSIFHWADDR, &ifr) < 0)