vmxnet3: Preserve the MAC address configured by ifconfig
While activating the device get it's MAC address from netdev. This will allow
the MAC address configured using ifconfig to persist through the reset.
Signed-off-by: Shreyas N Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 562bdbb..89bcee8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
static int enable_mq = 1;
static int irq_share_mode;
+static void
+vmxnet3_write_mac_addr(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter, u8 *mac);
+
/*
* Enable/Disable the given intr
*/
@@ -2168,6 +2171,8 @@
/* rx filter settings */
devRead->rxFilterConf.rxMode = 0;
vmxnet3_restore_vlan(adapter);
+ vmxnet3_write_mac_addr(adapter, adapter->netdev->dev_addr);
+
/* the rest are already zeroed */
}