Add a function that will enable changing the MAC address
of an ibmveth interface while it is still running.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfal...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
v3:
removed text wrapping in error message
v2:
If h_change_logical_lan_mac fails, dev->dev_addr will not be changed.
drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index 21978cc..072426a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -1327,6 +1327,28 @@ static unsigned long ibmveth_get_desired_dma(struct
vio_dev *vdev)
return ret;
}
+static int ibmveth_set_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
+{
+ struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(dev);
+ struct sockaddr *addr = p;
+ u64 mac_address;
+ int rc;
+
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
+ return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+
+ mac_address = ibmveth_encode_mac_addr(addr->sa_data);
+ rc = h_change_logical_lan_mac(adapter->vdev->unit_address, mac_address);
+ if (rc) {
+ netdev_err(adapter->netdev, "h_change_logical_lan_mac failed
with rc=%d\n", rc);
+ return rc;
+ }
+
+ ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static const struct net_device_ops ibmveth_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_open = ibmveth_open,
.ndo_stop = ibmveth_close,
@@ -1337,7 +1359,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ibmveth_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_fix_features = ibmveth_fix_features,
.ndo_set_features = ibmveth_set_features,
.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
- .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
+ .ndo_set_mac_address = ibmveth_set_mac_addr,
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
.ndo_poll_controller = ibmveth_poll_controller,
#endif
--
1.8.3.1
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