be2net: Avoid programming permenant MAC by BE3-R VFs
authorAjit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@emulex.com>
Fri, 22 Nov 2013 18:51:28 +0000 (12:51 -0600)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sat, 23 Nov 2013 23:11:07 +0000 (15:11 -0800)
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>
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c

index f4825db5d1792419924bab4f9d08e17abbfd6128..5878df619b531ad0b3ea96167f53e8909ff9fd21 100644 (file)
@@ -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)))
index 9b148cf047045063423242e7f53ac39f259e8408..78a0e859760b8bc6c75e4b67ea919776a23bc674 100644 (file)
@@ -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;
 }