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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c index 8d040e611d5a..637e635bbf03 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c @@ -1719,13 +1719,18 @@ static int ionic_set_mac_address(struct net_device *netdev, void *sa) if (ether_addr_equal(netdev->dev_addr, mac)) return 0; - err = ionic_program_mac(lif, mac); - if (err < 0) - return err; + /* Only program macs for virtual functions to avoid losing the permanent + * Mac across warm reset/reboot. + */ + if (lif->ionic->pdev->is_virtfn) { + err = ionic_program_mac(lif, mac); + if (err < 0) + return err; - if (err > 0) - netdev_dbg(netdev, "%s: SET and GET ATTR Mac are not equal-due to old FW running\n", - __func__); + if (err > 0) + netdev_dbg(netdev, "%s: SET and GET ATTR Mac are not equal-due to old FW running\n", + __func__); + } err = eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(netdev, addr); if (err) |