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authorBruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>2012-01-31 06:37:59 +0000
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>2012-02-10 00:06:07 -0800
commit4bcf053baf6b255e8c82c7ecd0d15954adb0379b (patch)
tree8f74317cdaac22a0f8b1fdfa96db0bf99223abb8
parent4cbbb04dc115423682349aa7466c8aeead825140 (diff)
e1000e: remove test that is always false
warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false Remove an unnecessary test that is reported when compiling driver with W=1. The test is unnecessary because Intel wired GbE hardware older (i.e. less) than 82571 is not supported by this driver. Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com> Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c
index e1cf1072f31..33d1b9e3c8d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ s32 e1000_check_alt_mac_addr_generic(struct e1000_hw *hw)
if (ret_val)
goto out;
- /* not supported on older hardware or 82573 */
- if ((hw->mac.type < e1000_82571) || (hw->mac.type == e1000_82573))
+ /* not supported on 82573 */
+ if (hw->mac.type == e1000_82573)
goto out;
ret_val = e1000_read_nvm(hw, NVM_ALT_MAC_ADDR_PTR, 1,