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ixgbe: Allow setting zero MAC address for VF
authorTony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Wed, 12 Apr 2017 20:35:22 +0000 (13:35 -0700)
committerJack Vogel <jack.vogel@oracle.com>
Fri, 16 Jun 2017 06:01:24 +0000 (23:01 -0700)
commitbb8524a054578ef87599be55c699de55a35f90bf
tree3070715f103646b88da3e116e4b7d5b54c31a733
parent4428785b8b9455749762e79060c55d064260b3b3
ixgbe: Allow setting zero MAC address for VF

Currently, there is no logic that allows a VF's MAC address to be removed
from the RAR table.

Allow the user to specify a zero MAC address in order to clear the VF's
MAC address from the RAR table.  This functionality is also utilized by
libvirt when removing VFs.

Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Orabug: 26242766
(cherry picked from commit 27bdc44cdb2a8d96322d5978895eaae881fb8c2d)
Signed-off-by: Jack Vogel <jack.vogel@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Ethan Zhao <ethan.zhao@oracle.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c