From fae87592280039837fdd72c5ecdac2af2eb97f63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:22:51 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik --- drivers/net/skge.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/skge.c b/drivers/net/skge.c index 45283f3f95e4..ce25b6f505c4 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); -- GitLab