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    ibmvnic: Fix pending MAC address changes · 3d166130
    Thomas Falcon authored
    Due to architecture limitations, the IBM VNIC client driver is unable
    to perform MAC address changes unless the device has "logged in" to
    its backing device. Currently, pending MAC changes are handled before
    login, resulting in an error and failure to change the MAC address.
    Moving that chunk to the end of the ibmvnic_login function, when we are
    sure that it was successful, fixes that.
    
    The MAC address can be changed when the device is up or down, so
    only check if the device is in a "PROBED" state before setting the
    MAC address.
    
    Fixes: c26eba03 ("ibmvnic: Update reset infrastructure to support tunable parameters")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJohn Allen <jallen@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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