netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 12/14] sfc: set EF100 VF MAC address through representor

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jul 2022 20:10:34 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     <ecree@...inx.com>
Cc:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        <linux-net-drivers@....com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 12/14] sfc: set EF100 VF MAC address through
 representor

On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 18:46:02 +0100 ecree@...inx.com wrote:
> From: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>
> 
> When setting the VF rep's MAC address, set the provisioned MAC address
>  for the VF through MC_CMD_SET_CLIENT_MAC_ADDRESSES.

Wait.. hm? The VF rep is not the VF. It's the other side of the wire.
Are you passing the VF rep's MAC on the VF? Ethernet packets between
the hypervisor and the VF would have the same SA and DA.