sfc: save old MAC address in case sriov_mac_address_changed fails

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Otherwise the PF and VF can disagree on the VF's MAC address and
this leads to strange behaviour, up to and including kernel panics.

Signed-off-by: Shradha Shah <sshah@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Shradha Shah 2015-05-20 11:09:30 +01:00 • committed by David S. Miller

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drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10_sriov.h

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drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c

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drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h

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drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena_sriov.c

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drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena_sriov.h

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