From e09b74d0195496fdc2dbe106eaa55da48873876e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ariel Elior Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 04:08:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] bnx2x: Zero VFs starting MACs Hypervisor/Supervisor should set the VF's MAC prior to its load; Using a randomly generated MAC as a default is a bad practice. Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c index 7ed9cdfa115e..80982c38ae69 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c @@ -11406,7 +11406,7 @@ static int bnx2x_init_bp(struct bnx2x *bp) if (rc) return rc; } else { - random_ether_addr(bp->dev->dev_addr); + eth_zero_addr(bp->dev->dev_addr); } bnx2x_set_modes_bitmap(bp); @@ -11865,6 +11865,10 @@ static int bnx2x_validate_addr(struct net_device *dev) { struct bnx2x *bp = netdev_priv(dev); + /* query the bulletin board for mac address configured by the PF */ + if (IS_VF(bp)) + bnx2x_sample_bulletin(bp); + if (!bnx2x_is_valid_ether_addr(bp, dev->dev_addr)) { BNX2X_ERR("Non-valid Ethernet address\n"); return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; -- 2.20.1