bnx2x: Zero VFs starting MACs

Hypervisor/Supervisor should set the VF's MAC prior to its load;
Using a randomly generated MAC as a default is a bad practice.

Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index 7ed9cdfa115ee10c1d4817e064e5acf680eecd55..80982c38ae69d8e4ce6043095fc96e79d76877c1 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -11406,7 +11406,7 @@ static int bnx2x_init_bp(struct bnx2x *bp)
                if (rc)
                        return rc;
        } else {
-               random_ether_addr(bp->dev->dev_addr);
+               eth_zero_addr(bp->dev->dev_addr);
        }
 
        bnx2x_set_modes_bitmap(bp);
@@ -11865,6 +11865,10 @@ static int bnx2x_validate_addr(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct bnx2x *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+       /* query the bulletin board for mac address configured by the PF */
+       if (IS_VF(bp))
+               bnx2x_sample_bulletin(bp);
+
        if (!bnx2x_is_valid_ether_addr(bp, dev->dev_addr)) {
                BNX2X_ERR("Non-valid Ethernet address\n");
                return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;