err = ionic_adminq_post_wait(lif, &ctx);
if (err)
return err;
-
+ netdev_dbg(lif->netdev, "found initial MAC addr %pM\n",
+ ctx.comp.lif_getattr.mac);
if (is_zero_ether_addr(ctx.comp.lif_getattr.mac))
return 0;
- memcpy(addr.sa_data, ctx.comp.lif_getattr.mac, netdev->addr_len);
- addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
- err = eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(netdev, &addr);
- if (err) {
- netdev_warn(lif->netdev, "ignoring bad MAC addr from NIC %pM - err %d\n",
- addr.sa_data, err);
- return 0;
- }
+ if (!ether_addr_equal(ctx.comp.lif_getattr.mac, netdev->dev_addr)) {
+ memcpy(addr.sa_data, ctx.comp.lif_getattr.mac, netdev->addr_len);
+ addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
+ err = eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(netdev, &addr);
+ if (err) {
+ netdev_warn(lif->netdev, "ignoring bad MAC addr from NIC %pM - err %d\n",
+ addr.sa_data, err);
+ return 0;
+ }
- netdev_dbg(lif->netdev, "deleting station MAC addr %pM\n",
- netdev->dev_addr);
- ionic_lif_addr(lif, netdev->dev_addr, false);
+ if (!is_zero_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
+ netdev_dbg(lif->netdev, "deleting station MAC addr %pM\n",
+ netdev->dev_addr);
+ ionic_lif_addr(lif, netdev->dev_addr, false);
+ }
+
+ eth_commit_mac_addr_change(netdev, &addr);
+ }
- eth_commit_mac_addr_change(netdev, &addr);
netdev_dbg(lif->netdev, "adding station MAC addr %pM\n",
netdev->dev_addr);
ionic_lif_addr(lif, netdev->dev_addr, true);