be2net: Avoid programming permenant MAC by BE3-R VFs
On BE3-R, the PF programs the initial MAC address for its VFs. Doing it again
in VF probe, causes a FW error which although harmless generates
an unnecessary error log message.
Signed-off-by: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara.volam@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 9b148cf..78a0e85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -3253,12 +3253,10 @@
memcpy(mac, adapter->netdev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
}
- /* On BE3 VFs this cmd may fail due to lack of privilege.
- * Ignore the failure as in this case pmac_id is fetched
- * in the IFACE_CREATE cmd.
- */
- be_cmd_pmac_add(adapter, mac, adapter->if_handle,
- &adapter->pmac_id[0], 0);
+ /* For BE3-R VFs, the PF programs the initial MAC address */
+ if (!(BEx_chip(adapter) && be_virtfn(adapter)))
+ be_cmd_pmac_add(adapter, mac, adapter->if_handle,
+ &adapter->pmac_id[0], 0);
return 0;
}