Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:20:18 -0400 | From | Sasha Levin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4.18 101/135] hv_netvsc: pair VF based on serial number |
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 09:46:29AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >Also, this really feels like a "new feature" to me. Can someone explain >what bug this is fixing?
Reading the commit log/code it seems that it was possible for 2 (or more) synthetic devices to have the same MAC address even though the current code treats them as unique and uses it as a lookup index.
Let me confirm with Stephen. This came through the regular AUTOSEL process and I don't really know more about this patch than you do at this point.
-- Thanks, Sasha
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