From: Thomas Falcon <tlfal...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:39:52 -0600
> Due to architecture limitations, the IBM VNIC client driver is unable
> to perform MAC address changes unless the device has "logged in" to
> its backing device. Currently, pending MAC changes are handled before
> login, resulting in an error and failure to change the MAC address.
> Moving that chunk to the end of the ibmvnic_login function, when we are
> sure that it was successful, fixes that.
>
> The MAC address can be changed when the device is up or down, so
> only check if the device is in a "PROBED" state before setting the
> MAC address.
>
> Fixes: c26eba03e407 ("ibmvnic: Update reset infrastructure to support tunable
> parameters")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfal...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Applied, thanks.
