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ixgbevf: fix MAC address changes through ixgbevf_set_mac()

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Set hw->mac.perm_addr in ixgbevf_set_mac() in order to avoid losing the
custom MAC on reset. This can happen in the following case:

>ip link set $vf address $mac
>ethtool -r $vf

Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@intel.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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Emil Tantilov 2018-05-14 11:16:16 -07:00 committed by Jeff Kirsher
parent a8d9bb3d44
commit 6e7d0ba1e5
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drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
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@ -4164,6 +4164,7 @@ static int ixgbevf_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
return -EPERM;
ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.addr, addr->sa_data);
ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.perm_addr, addr->sa_data);
ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
return 0;