From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Qi Zhang Subject: [PATCH] net/i40e: no more initial VF MAC address Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:45:40 -0500 Message-ID: <1484703940-2967-1-git-send-email-qi.z.zhang@intel.com> Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Qi Zhang To: jingjing.wu@intel.com, helin.zhang@intel.com Return-path: Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70D274CE4 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:49:36 +0100 (CET) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" During PF initialization, PF will generate an initial mac address for VFs, the purpose is to help VF keep a constant mac address between startup/shutdown cycles. Now this is not necessary, since we already provide an API to set VF mac address from PF side (rte_pmd_i40e_set_vf_addr). Application can use this API to lock down VF's mac address. This change also sync DPDK PF's behavior with kernel driver. Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang --- drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c index ddfc140..4e05dca 100644 --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_pf.c @@ -1053,7 +1053,6 @@ i40e_pf_host_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev) ret = i40e_pf_host_vf_reset(&pf->vfs[i], 0); if (ret != I40E_SUCCESS) goto fail; - eth_random_addr(pf->vfs[i].mac_addr.addr_bytes); } /* restore irq0 */ -- 2.7.4