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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc911x.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc911x.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc911x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc911x.c index 8d15f7a..990f574 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc911x.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc911x.c @@ -1400,16 +1400,6 @@ smc911x_open(struct net_device *dev) DBG(SMC_DEBUG_FUNC, "%s: --> %s\n", dev->name, __func__); - /* - * Check that the address is valid. If its not, refuse - * to bring the device up. The user must specify an - * address using ifconfig eth0 hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx - */ - if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) { - PRINTK("%s: no valid ethernet hw addr\n", __func__); - return -EINVAL; - } - /* reset the hardware */ smc911x_reset(dev); |