From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 01/10] bnxt_en: Improve bnxt_vf_update_mac(). Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:02:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20160225.140253.1775475019446000397.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20160225.120921.2096022701010736406.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: michael.chan@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:44413 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933286AbcBYTC6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:02:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Michael Chan Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 09:15:39 -0800 > I agree it is complicated. The default, if nobody does anything, is random > MAC. But random MAC has disadvantages, so we allow some options > for the PF or VF users to change it. Ok, thanks for explaining.