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net/ncsi: Send device address as source address

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After receiving device mac address from device, send this as
a source address for further commands instead of broadcast
address.

This will help in multi host NIC cards.

Signed-off-by: Vijay Khemka <vijaykhemka@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Vijay Khemka 2020-01-07 11:30:33 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent e102774588
commit 7c7b58d46b
1 changed files with 9 additions and 1 deletions
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net/ncsi/ncsi-cmd.c
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@ -369,7 +369,15 @@ int ncsi_xmit_cmd(struct ncsi_cmd_arg *nca)
eh = skb_push(nr->cmd, sizeof(*eh));
eh->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_NCSI);
eth_broadcast_addr(eh->h_dest);
eth_broadcast_addr(eh->h_source);
/* If mac address received from device then use it for
* source address as unicast address else use broadcast
* address as source address
*/
if (nca->ndp->gma_flag == 1)
memcpy(eh->h_source, nca->ndp->ndev.dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
else
eth_broadcast_addr(eh->h_source);
/* Start the timer for the request that might not have
* corresponding response. Given NCSI is an internal