patch to initialize netdev->perm_addr Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajitk@serverengines.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
@@ -2147,6 +2147,7 @@ static int be_get_config(struct be_adapter *adapter)
if (status)
return status;
memcpy(adapter->netdev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
+ memcpy(adapter->netdev->perm_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
return 0;
}