[PATCH net-next 2/8] vmxnet3: Preserve the MAC address configured byifconfig

[Shreyas N Bhatewara]

While activating the device get it's MAC address from netdev. This will allow
the MAC address iconfigured using ifconfig to persist through the reset.

Signed-off-by: Shreyas N Bhatewara <sbhatewara@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 562bdbb..89bcee8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ static atomic_t devices_found;
 static int enable_mq = 1;
 static int irq_share_mode;
 
+static void
+vmxnet3_write_mac_addr(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter, u8 *mac);
+
 /*
  *    Enable/Disable the given intr
  */
@@ -2168,6 +2171,8 @@ vmxnet3_setup_driver_shared(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter)
 	/* rx filter settings */
 	devRead->rxFilterConf.rxMode = 0;
 	vmxnet3_restore_vlan(adapter);
+	vmxnet3_write_mac_addr(adapter, adapter->netdev->dev_addr);
+
 	/* the rest are already zeroed */
 }
 

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