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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c index 318adc935a53..f516e5a71c53 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c @@ -1474,16 +1474,6 @@ smc_open(struct net_device *dev) DBG(2, "%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; - } - /* Setup the default Register Modes */ lp->tcr_cur_mode = TCR_DEFAULT; lp->rcr_cur_mode = RCR_DEFAULT; |