From: Ariel Elior <ariele@broadcom.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 04:08:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: bnx2x: Zero VFs starting MACs
X-Git-Tag: v3.11-rc1~16^2~309
X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e09b74d0195496fdc2dbe106eaa55da48873876e;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git

bnx2x: Zero VFs starting MACs

Hypervisor/Supervisor should set the VF's MAC prior to its load;
Using a randomly generated MAC as a default is a bad practice.

Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariele@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index 7ed9cdfa115..80982c38ae6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -11406,7 +11406,7 @@ static int bnx2x_init_bp(struct bnx2x *bp)
 		if (rc)
 			return rc;
 	} else {
-		random_ether_addr(bp->dev->dev_addr);
+		eth_zero_addr(bp->dev->dev_addr);
 	}
 
 	bnx2x_set_modes_bitmap(bp);
@@ -11865,6 +11865,10 @@ static int bnx2x_validate_addr(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct bnx2x *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+	/* query the bulletin board for mac address configured by the PF */
+	if (IS_VF(bp))
+		bnx2x_sample_bulletin(bp);
+
 	if (!bnx2x_is_valid_ether_addr(bp, dev->dev_addr)) {
 		BNX2X_ERR("Non-valid Ethernet address\n");
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;