[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] i40e: Explicitly write platform-specific mac address after PF reset

[Bowers, AndrewX]

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> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at lists.osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Tushar Dave
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 10:11 AM
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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] i40e: Explicitly write platform-specific mac
> address after PF reset
> 
> i40e PF reset clears mac filters. If platform-specific mac address is used,
> driver has to explicitly write default mac address to mac filters otherwise all
> incoming traffic destined to default mac address will be dropped after reset.
> 
> This issue was found on SPARC while toggling i40e ntuple via ethtool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tushar Dave <tushar.n.dave at oracle.com>
> Acked-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan at oracle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++-------
> ------
>  1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers at intel.com>