if (vsi->type == I40E_VSI_MAIN) {
SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &pf->pdev->dev);
ether_addr_copy(mac_addr, hw->mac.perm_addr);
- /* The following steps are necessary to properly keep track of
- * MAC-VLAN filters loaded into firmware - first we remove
- * filter that is automatically generated by firmware and then
- * add new filter both to the driver hash table and firmware.
+ /* The following steps are necessary for two reasons. First,
+ * some older NVM configurations load a default MAC-VLAN
+ * filter that will accept any tagged packet, and we want to
+ * replace this with a normal filter. Additionally, it is
+ * possible our MAC address was provided by the platform using
+ * Open Firmware or similar.
+ *
+ * Thus, we need to remove the default filter and install one
+ * specific to the MAC address.
*/
i40e_rm_default_mac_filter(vsi, mac_addr);
spin_lock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock);
/**
* i40e_get_platform_mac_addr - get platform-specific MAC address
- *
* @pdev: PCI device information struct
* @pf: board private structure
*
- * Look up the MAC address in Open Firmware on systems that support it,
- * and use IDPROM on SPARC if no OF address is found. On return, the
- * I40E_FLAG_PF_MAC will be wset in pf->flags if a platform-specific value
- * has been selected.
+ * Look up the MAC address for the device. First we'll try
+ * eth_platform_get_mac_address, which will check Open Firmware, or arch
+ * specific fallback. Otherwise, we'll default to the stored value in
+ * firmware.
**/
static void i40e_get_platform_mac_addr(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct i40e_pf *pf)
{
- pf->flags &= ~I40E_FLAG_PF_MAC;
- if (!eth_platform_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, pf->hw.mac.addr))
- pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_PF_MAC;
+ if (eth_platform_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, pf->hw.mac.addr))
+ i40e_get_mac_addr(&pf->hw, pf->hw.mac.addr);
}
/**
i40e_aq_stop_lldp(hw, true, NULL);
}
- i40e_get_mac_addr(hw, hw->mac.addr);
/* allow a platform config to override the HW addr */
i40e_get_platform_mac_addr(pdev, pf);
+
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(hw->mac.addr)) {
dev_info(&pdev->dev, "invalid MAC address %pM\n", hw->mac.addr);
err = -EIO;