ixgbe: allow RAR table to be updated in promisc mode

This allows RAR table updates while in promiscuous. With
SR-IOV enabled it is valuable to allow the RAR table to
be updated even when in promisc mode to configure forwarding

Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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John Fastabend 2012-04-15 06:44:25 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 0f4b0add85
commit 9dcb373c55

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@ -3462,16 +3462,17 @@ void ixgbe_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *netdev)
}
ixgbe_vlan_filter_enable(adapter);
hw->addr_ctrl.user_set_promisc = false;
/*
* Write addresses to available RAR registers, if there is not
* sufficient space to store all the addresses then enable
* unicast promiscuous mode
*/
count = ixgbe_write_uc_addr_list(netdev);
if (count < 0) {
fctrl |= IXGBE_FCTRL_UPE;
vmolr |= IXGBE_VMOLR_ROPE;
}
}
/*
* Write addresses to available RAR registers, if there is not
* sufficient space to store all the addresses then enable
* unicast promiscuous mode
*/
count = ixgbe_write_uc_addr_list(netdev);
if (count < 0) {
fctrl |= IXGBE_FCTRL_UPE;
vmolr |= IXGBE_VMOLR_ROPE;
}
if (adapter->num_vfs) {