[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/2] ixgbevf: fix MAC address changes through ixgbevf_set_mac()
Emil Tantilov
emil.s.tantilov at intel.com
Mon May 14 18:16:16 UTC 2018
Set hw->mac.perm_addr in ixgbevf_set_mac() in order to avoid losing the
custom MAC on reset. This can happen in the following case:
>ip link set $vf address $mac
>ethtool -r $vf
Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov at intel.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 9a939dc..0830411 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -4164,6 +4164,7 @@ static int ixgbevf_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
return -EPERM;
ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.addr, addr->sa_data);
+ ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.perm_addr, addr->sa_data);
ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
return 0;
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