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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c index 240083201..1527c67b4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c @@ -2595,7 +2595,7 @@ static inline int i40e_check_vf_permission(struct i40e_vf *vf, !is_multicast_ether_addr(addr) && vf->pf_set_mac && !ether_addr_equal(addr, vf->default_lan_addr.addr)) { dev_err(&pf->pdev->dev, - "VF attempting to override administratively set MAC address, reload the VF driver to resume normal operation\n"); + "VF attempting to override administratively set MAC address, bring down and up the VF interface to resume normal operation\n"); return -EPERM; } } @@ -4019,9 +4019,11 @@ int i40e_ndo_set_vf_mac(struct net_device *netdev, int vf_id, u8 *mac) mac, vf_id); } - /* Force the VF driver stop so it has to reload with new MAC address */ + /* Force the VF interface down so it has to bring up with new MAC + * address + */ i40e_vc_disable_vf(vf); - dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "Reload the VF driver to make this change effective.\n"); + dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "Bring down and up the VF interface to make this change effective.\n"); error_param: return ret; |