Re: [PATCH] Revert "iavf: Add waiting for response from PF in set mac"

[Tony Nguyen]

On 8/30/2022 2:43 PM, Petr Oros wrote:
> This change caused a regressions with MAC address changing.
> It is not possible to simple fix issues caused by this patch.
> It is better revert/rework it.
>
> [root@host ~]# ethtool -i enp65s0f0
> driver: ice
> version: 5.19.4-200.fc36.x86_64
> firmware-version: 3.20 0x8000d83e 1.3146.0
>
> - Change MAC for VF
> [root@host ~]# echo 1 > /sys/class/net/enp65s0f0/device/sriov_numvfs
> [root@host ~]# ip link set enp65s0f0v0 up
> [root@host ~]# ip link set enp65s0f0v0 addr 00:11:22:33:44:55
> RTNETLINK answers: Permission denied
>
> - Add VF to bond
> [root@host ~]# echo 2 > /sys/class/net/enp65s0f0/device/sriov_numvfs
> [root@host ~]# ip link add bond0 type bond
> [root@host ~]# ip link set enp65s0f0v0 down
> [root@host ~]# ip link set enp65s0f0v1 down
> [root@host ~]# ip link set enp65s0f0v0 master bond0
> RTNETLINK answers: Permission denied
> dmesg:
> bond0: (slave enp65s0f0v1): Error -13 calling set_mac_address
>
> This reverts commit 35a2443d0910fdd6ce29d4f724447ad7029e8f23.
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <poros@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Petr,

Could you see if this patch [1] resolves your issues?

Thanks,
Tony

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/intel-wired-lan/20220831135243.8623-1-mateusz.palczewski@xxxxxxxxx/