Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: Fix VF mac address regression.

2018-09-17 Thread David Miller
From: Michael Chan Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:41:29 -0400 > The recent commit to always forward the VF MAC address to the PF for > approval may not work if the PF driver or the firmware is older. This > will cause the VF driver to fail during probe: > > bnxt_en :00:03.0 (unnamed net_device

Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: Fix VF mac address regression.

2018-09-14 Thread Siwei Liu
Ack. Looks fine to me. -Siwei On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 12:41 PM, Michael Chan wrote: > The recent commit to always forward the VF MAC address to the PF for > approval may not work if the PF driver or the firmware is older. This > will cause the VF driver to fail during probe: > > bnxt_en :

[PATCH net] bnxt_en: Fix VF mac address regression.

2018-09-14 Thread Michael Chan
The recent commit to always forward the VF MAC address to the PF for approval may not work if the PF driver or the firmware is older. This will cause the VF driver to fail during probe: bnxt_en :00:03.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): hwrm req_type 0xf seq id 0x5 error 0x bnxt_