From 63ae93a19094d88c8ca62543586b20e3a7ff7637 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ron Mercer Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:10:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] qlge: Bonding fix for mode 6. Allow MAC address to be changed even if device is not up. Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c index e2ee47d..7692299 100644 --- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c @@ -3951,9 +3951,6 @@ static int qlge_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev, void *p) struct sockaddr *addr = p; int status; - if (netif_running(ndev)) - return -EBUSY; - if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data)) return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ndev->addr_len); -- 2.7.4