This commit is toxic, if possible I hope it can be reverted and
reworked with a new patch.
First, the patch introduced backward incompatible changes to bnxt_en
VF driver that is causing issue when interoperating with the old PF
driver without this commit. In that event, VF probing fails from
withi
The current code already forwards the VF MAC address to the PF, except
in one case. If the VF driver gets a valid MAC address from the firmware
during probe time, it will not forward the MAC address to the PF,
incorrectly assuming that the PF already knows the MAC address. This
causes "ip link sh
