[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/6] net/ionic: don't add station MAC filter on init

[Andrew Boyer]

The address is not needed in the firmware.
This reduces the startup time a bit.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Boyer <aboyer at pensando.io>
Signed-off-by: Neel Patel <neel at pensando.io>
---
 drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c | 16 ----------------
 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index 673f789f3..f39b54e8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -1469,24 +1469,8 @@ ionic_station_set(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (!rte_is_zero_ether_addr((struct rte_ether_addr *)
-			lif->mac_addr)) {
-		IONIC_PRINT(INFO, "deleting station MAC addr");
-
-		ionic_lif_addr_del(lif, lif->mac_addr);
-	}
-
 	memcpy(lif->mac_addr, ctx.comp.lif_getattr.mac, RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
 
-	if (rte_is_zero_ether_addr((struct rte_ether_addr *)lif->mac_addr)) {
-		IONIC_PRINT(NOTICE, "empty MAC addr (VF?)");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "adding station MAC addr");
-
-	ionic_lif_addr_add(lif, lif->mac_addr);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.17.1