When VF sends request to add a new mac address, PF host will check if it's a non-zero or uncast address, or it will return with error. In fact, VF still can set multicast address. This change remove to check if it's a unicast address.
Signed-off-by: Chen Jing D(Mark) <jing.d.c...@intel.com> --- drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c index 4b0da75..c9cca1e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c @@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ mac = (struct ether_addr *)(addr_list->list[i].addr); (void)rte_memcpy(&filter.mac_addr, mac, ETHER_ADDR_LEN); filter.filter_type = RTE_MACVLAN_PERFECT_MATCH; - if(!is_valid_assigned_ether_addr(mac) || + if(is_zero_ether_addr(mac) || i40e_vsi_add_mac(vf->vsi, &filter)) { ret = I40E_ERR_INVALID_MAC_ADDR; goto send_msg; -- 1.9.3