From: Carolyn Wyborny Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:28:39 +0000 (+0000) Subject: igb: Fix for Alt MAC Address feature on 82580 and later devices X-Git-Tag: v3.2-rc1~182^2~12^2~2 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=65189d284b48bd2e747e8cf9dfb0ff63b859682f;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-exynos.git igb: Fix for Alt MAC Address feature on 82580 and later devices In 82580 and later devices, the alternate MAC address feature is completely handled by the option ROM and software does not handle it anymore. This patch changes the check_alt_mac_addr function to exit immediately if device is 82580 or later. Signed-off-by: Carolyn Wyborny Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher --- diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_mac.c index 872119d..bad3e14 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_mac.c @@ -191,6 +191,13 @@ s32 igb_check_alt_mac_addr(struct e1000_hw *hw) u16 offset, nvm_alt_mac_addr_offset, nvm_data; u8 alt_mac_addr[ETH_ALEN]; + /* + * Alternate MAC address is handled by the option ROM for 82580 + * and newer. SW support not required. + */ + if (hw->mac.type >= e1000_82580) + goto out; + ret_val = hw->nvm.ops.read(hw, NVM_ALT_MAC_ADDR_PTR, 1, &nvm_alt_mac_addr_offset); if (ret_val) {