@@ -2139,6 +2139,8 @@ struct ql_adapter {
u16 device_id;
struct timer_list timer;
atomic_t lb_count;
+ /* Keep local copy of current mac address. */
+ char current_mac_addr[6];
};
/*
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static int ql_set_mac_addr(struct ql_adapter *qdev, int set)
char *addr;
if (set) {
- addr = &qdev->ndev->dev_addr[0];
+ addr = &qdev->current_mac_addr[0];
netif_printk(qdev, ifup, KERN_DEBUG, qdev->ndev,
"Set Mac addr %pM\n", addr);
} else {
@@ -4301,6 +4301,8 @@ static int qlge_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev, void *p)
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ndev->addr_len);
+ /* Update local copy of current mac address. */
+ memcpy(qdev->current_mac_addr, ndev->dev_addr, ndev->addr_len);
status = ql_sem_spinlock(qdev, SEM_MAC_ADDR_MASK);
if (status)
@@ -4542,6 +4544,8 @@ static int __devinit ql_init_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,
}
memcpy(ndev->perm_addr, ndev->dev_addr, ndev->addr_len);
+ /* Keep local copy of current mac address. */
+ memcpy(qdev->current_mac_addr, ndev->dev_addr, ndev->addr_len);
/* Set up the default ring sizes. */
qdev->tx_ring_size = NUM_TX_RING_ENTRIES;
Use local copy of current mac address when initializing. In bonding testing we saw cases where dev_addr was out of data causing failover errors. Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com> --- drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h | 2 ++ drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)