Re: mlx4_en: Fix loss of promiscuity

From: Yevgeny Petrilin <redacted>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:21:37 +0000

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mlx4_en: Fix loss of promiscuity

The mlx4_en driver uses the combination stop_port/start_port in a number of places.  Unfortunately that causes any promiscuous mode settings on the hardware to be lost.

This patch fixes that problem.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

Thank you Herbert,
This patch does fix the problem you reported on.

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