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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c index 0710f9a84de3..ce589b43bd51 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c @@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ static int be_mac_addr_set(struct net_device *netdev, void *p) if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data)) return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; + /* Proceed further only if, User provided MAC is different + * from active MAC + */ + if (ether_addr_equal(addr->sa_data, netdev->dev_addr)) + return 0; + /* The PMAC_ADD cmd may fail if the VF doesn't have FILTMGMT * privilege or if PF did not provision the new MAC address. * On BE3, this cmd will always fail if the VF doesn't have the |