igbvf: fix MAC address if none assigned by PF
authorWenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
Fri, 27 Nov 2015 06:07:35 +0000 (14:07 +0800)
committerThomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:38:23 +0000 (19:38 +0100)
If use DPDK PF + DPDK VF on igb NICs, we find the MAC address of VF
port is always 0. Because we forget to give it a value if this MAC
address is not assigned by PF. This patch'll assign a random MAC
address to igb VF port as ixgbe does.

Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst
drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c

index 0c6aa04..511d7a0 100644 (file)
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ Drivers
 
   VF needs the PF interrupt support initialized even if not started.
 
+* **igb: Fixed VF MAC address when using with DPDK PF.**
+
+  Assign a random MAC address in VF when not assigned by PF.
+
 * **ixgbe: Fixed issue with X550 DCB.**
 
   Fixed a DCB issue with x550 where for 8 TCs (Traffic Classes), if a packet
index 31452ae..6c2aa8c 100644 (file)
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@ eth_igbvf_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
        struct e1000_hw *hw =
                E1000_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(eth_dev->data->dev_private);
        int diag;
+       struct ether_addr *perm_addr = (struct ether_addr *)hw->mac.perm_addr;
 
        PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
@@ -898,6 +899,26 @@ eth_igbvf_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
+       /* Generate a random MAC address, if none was assigned by PF. */
+       if (is_zero_ether_addr(perm_addr)) {
+               eth_random_addr(perm_addr->addr_bytes);
+               diag = e1000_rar_set(hw, perm_addr->addr_bytes, 0);
+               if (diag) {
+                       rte_free(eth_dev->data->mac_addrs);
+                       eth_dev->data->mac_addrs = NULL;
+                       return diag;
+               }
+               PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "\tVF MAC address not assigned by Host PF");
+               PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "\tAssign randomly generated MAC address "
+                            "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
+                            perm_addr->addr_bytes[0],
+                            perm_addr->addr_bytes[1],
+                            perm_addr->addr_bytes[2],
+                            perm_addr->addr_bytes[3],
+                            perm_addr->addr_bytes[4],
+                            perm_addr->addr_bytes[5]);
+       }
+
        /* Copy the permanent MAC address */
        ether_addr_copy((struct ether_addr *) hw->mac.perm_addr,
                        &eth_dev->data->mac_addrs[0]);