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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c index a64910892c25..f560845c5a9d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c @@ -956,9 +956,13 @@ static int bnxt_vf_validate_set_mac(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_vf_info *vf) } else if (is_valid_ether_addr(vf->vf_mac_addr)) { if (ether_addr_equal((const u8 *)req->l2_addr, vf->vf_mac_addr)) mac_ok = true; - } else if (bp->hwrm_spec_code < 0x10202) { - mac_ok = true; } else { + /* There are two cases: + * 1.If firmware spec < 0x10202,VF MAC address is not forwarded + * to the PF and so it doesn't have to match + * 2.Allow VF to modify it's own MAC when PF has not assigned a + * valid MAC address and firmware spec >= 0x10202 + */ mac_ok = true; } if (mac_ok) |