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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/ether1.c6
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/ether1.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/ether1.c
index 067db3f13e91..7b9609da6fe4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/ether1.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/ether1.c
@@ -638,12 +638,6 @@ ether1_txalloc (struct net_device *dev, int size)
static int
ether1_open (struct net_device *dev)
{
- if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
- printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: invalid ethernet MAC address\n",
- dev->name);
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
if (request_irq(dev->irq, ether1_interrupt, 0, "ether1", dev))
return -EAGAIN;