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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8695net.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8695net.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8695net.c
index a8522d8af95d..20cb85bc0c5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8695net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8695net.c
@@ -1354,6 +1354,7 @@ ks8695_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct resource *rxirq_res, *txirq_res, *linkirq_res;
int ret = 0;
int buff_n;
+ bool inv_mac_addr = false;
u32 machigh, maclow;
/* Initialise a net_device */
@@ -1456,8 +1457,7 @@ ks8695_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ndev->dev_addr[5] = maclow & 0xFF;
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
- dev_warn(ksp->dev, "%s: Invalid ethernet MAC address. Please "
- "set using ifconfig\n", ndev->name);
+ inv_mac_addr = true;
/* In order to be efficient memory-wise, we allocate both
* rings in one go.
@@ -1520,6 +1520,9 @@ ks8695_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ret = register_netdev(ndev);
if (ret == 0) {
+ if (inv_mac_addr)
+ dev_warn(ksp->dev, "%s: Invalid ethernet MAC address. Please set using ip\n",
+ ndev->name);
dev_info(ksp->dev, "ks8695 ethernet (%s) MAC: %pM\n",
ks8695_port_type(ksp), ndev->dev_addr);
} else {