From: Thomas Falcon <tlfal...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:45:05 -0600
> Wait for a response from the VNIC server before exiting after setting > the MAC address. The resolves an issue with bonding a VNIC client in > ALB or TLB modes. The bonding driver was changing the MAC address more > rapidly than the device could respond, causing the following errors. > > "bond0: the hw address of slave eth2 is in use by the bond; > couldn't find a slave with a free hw address to give it > (this should not have happened)" > > If the function waits until the change is finalized, these errors are > avoided. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfal...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Applied, thanks Thomas.
