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be2net: Avoid programming permenant MAC by BE3-R VFs
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On BE3-R, the PF programs the initial MAC address for its VFs. Doing it again
in VF probe, causes a FW error which although harmless generates
an unnecessary error log message.

Signed-off-by: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara.volam@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Ajit Khaparde authored and David S. Miller committed Nov 23, 2013
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
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Expand Up @@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ struct be_adapter {
};

#define be_physfn(adapter) (!adapter->virtfn)
#define be_virtfn(adapter) (adapter->virtfn)
#define sriov_enabled(adapter) (adapter->num_vfs > 0)
#define sriov_want(adapter) (be_physfn(adapter) && \
(num_vfs || pci_num_vf(adapter->pdev)))
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10 changes: 4 additions & 6 deletions drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
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Expand Up @@ -3253,12 +3253,10 @@ static int be_mac_setup(struct be_adapter *adapter)
memcpy(mac, adapter->netdev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
}

/* On BE3 VFs this cmd may fail due to lack of privilege.
* Ignore the failure as in this case pmac_id is fetched
* in the IFACE_CREATE cmd.
*/
be_cmd_pmac_add(adapter, mac, adapter->if_handle,
&adapter->pmac_id[0], 0);
/* For BE3-R VFs, the PF programs the initial MAC address */
if (!(BEx_chip(adapter) && be_virtfn(adapter)))
be_cmd_pmac_add(adapter, mac, adapter->if_handle,
&adapter->pmac_id[0], 0);
return 0;
}

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