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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c index cecbb1d1f587..177587f9c3f1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c @@ -8027,7 +8027,7 @@ static int bnxt_change_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p) if (ether_addr_equal(addr->sa_data, dev->dev_addr)) return 0; - rc = bnxt_approve_mac(bp, addr->sa_data); + rc = bnxt_approve_mac(bp, addr->sa_data, true); if (rc) return rc; @@ -8827,14 +8827,19 @@ static int bnxt_init_mac_addr(struct bnxt *bp) } else { #ifdef CONFIG_BNXT_SRIOV struct bnxt_vf_info *vf = &bp->vf; + bool strict_approval = true; if (is_valid_ether_addr(vf->mac_addr)) { /* overwrite netdev dev_addr with admin VF MAC */ memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, vf->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN); + /* Older PF driver or firmware may not approve this + * correctly. + */ + strict_approval = false; } else { eth_hw_addr_random(bp->dev); } - rc = bnxt_approve_mac(bp, bp->dev->dev_addr); + rc = bnxt_approve_mac(bp, bp->dev->dev_addr, strict_approval); #endif } return rc; |