[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/2] ixgbevf: fix MAC address changes through ixgbevf_set_mac()

Bowers, AndrewX andrewx.bowers at intel.com
Tue May 15 22:52:37 UTC 2018


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Emil Tantilov
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 11:16 AM
> To: intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/2] ixgbevf: fix MAC address changes
> through ixgbevf_set_mac()
> 
> 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(+)

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




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