Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Fix pending MAC address changes

2018-01-16 Thread David Miller
From: Thomas Falcon 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

Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Fix pending MAC address changes

2018-01-15 Thread John Allen
On 01/10/2018 07:39 PM, Thomas Falcon wrote: > 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 failu

[PATCH net] ibmvnic: Fix pending MAC address changes

2018-01-10 Thread Thomas Falcon
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 th