Dell dock MAC Address pass through doesn't work in Ubuntu
Bug #1579984 reported by
Mario Limonciello
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Phidias | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Phidias |
Bug Description
Dell systems with Type-C ports support a feature called "MAC address" pass through.
This feature allows systems to set a persistent system MAC address to be used with the TB15, WD15 and Type-C ethernet adapter.
More information is available here:
http://
This function works by a system specific MAC address (referred to as an auxiliary mac address) being programmed in the factory. When the driver for the type-c ethernet (in dock or dongle) is loaded the MAC address is supposed to be overridden with this value.
To enable this in Linux a kernel patch is needed.
This has been submitted http://
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: cherry-pick |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Phidias (phidias-chiang) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
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