It adds generating a MAC address for each VFs during PF host initialization.
The patch set branches off below commit on branch rel_16_04 of dpdk-next-net repo. commit 4ac366ba647909c3b71818f9be9db86ba5e871da Author: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> Date: Sat Feb 6 22:51:16 2016 +0100 nfp: fix non-x86 build v2: - It just adds generating a MAC address for each VFs during PF host initialization, and removes configuring from users. - Reworded the release notes. - Removed the app changes. Helin Zhang (2): i40e: generate MAC address for VF i40evf: use ether API to validate MAC address doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst | 5 +++++ drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h | 1 + drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c | 14 +++++++------- drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c | 3 +++ 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) -- 2.5.0