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| author | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> | 2007-02-02 08:22:51 -0800 |
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| committer | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2007-02-06 19:07:44 -0500 |
| commit | fae87592280039837fdd72c5ecdac2af2eb97f63 (patch) | |
| tree | 742628efdd91e394d528ed202ada01bce9e75140 /drivers/net | |
| parent | a7bed27dc69e3bc9238549a4964ea94ec318362c (diff) | |
skge: handle zero address at open
Some motherboards are broken and have no address set. Failing at probe time
prevents the device from ever being used (like to download a fixed BIOS). Instead
warn on probe and check again when device is brought up. That way the address
can be set.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/skge.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/skge.c b/drivers/net/skge.c index 45283f3f95e..ce25b6f505c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/skge.c +++ b/drivers/net/skge.c @@ -2373,6 +2373,9 @@ static int skge_up(struct net_device *dev) size_t rx_size, tx_size; int err; + if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) + return -EINVAL; + if (netif_msg_ifup(skge)) printk(KERN_INFO PFX "%s: enabling interface\n", dev->name); @@ -3567,11 +3570,10 @@ static int __devinit skge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, if (!dev) goto err_out_led_off; + /* Some motherboards are broken and has zero in ROM. */ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) { - printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: bad (zero?) ethernet address in rom\n", + printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "%s: bad (zero?) ethernet address in rom\n", pci_name(pdev)); - err = -EIO; - goto err_out_free_netdev; } err = register_netdev(dev); |