[Intel-wired-lan] [net-next S5 10/15] i40evf: add MAC address filter in open, not init

Young, James M james.m.young at intel.com
Mon Jun 1 17:29:54 UTC 2015


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at lists.osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Catherine Sullivan
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 11:57 AM
> To: intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [net-next S5 10/15] i40evf: add MAC address filter
> in open, not init
> 
> From: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams at intel.com>
> 
> During close, all of the MAC filters are cleared, so the driver would be unable
> to receive unicast packets after being closed and reopened.
> 
> Add the adapter's "hardware" MAC address filter in open, not init. This
> ensures that the correct filter is present each time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams at intel.com>
> Change-ID: I51a11e9c1200139dab6f66a5353bd38c7d26f875
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c | 12 +-----------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Jim Young <james.m.young at intel.com>



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