--- linux/drivers/net/pcnet32.c.2.4.1	Wed Feb 14 16:49:31 2001
+++ linux/drivers/net/pcnet32.c	Wed Feb 14 17:37:23 2001
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@
     struct net_device *next;
 };
 
+static int  is_valid_ether_addr( char* );
 static int  pcnet32_probe_vlbus(int cards_found);
 static int  pcnet32_probe_pci(struct pci_dev *, const struct pci_device_id *);
 static int  pcnet32_probe1(unsigned long, unsigned char, int, int, struct pci_dev *);
@@ -437,6 +438,18 @@
 
 
 
+/* Check that the ethernet station address is not 00:00:00:00:00:00 and is also
+ * not a multicast address
+ * Return true if the address is valid.
+ */
+int is_valid_ether_addr( char* address )
+{
+    int i,isvalid=0;
+    for( i=0; i<6; i++)
+	isvalid |= address[i]; 
+    return isvalid && !(address[0]&1);
+}
+
 /* only probes for non-PCI devices, the rest are handled by pci_register_driver via pcnet32_probe_pci*/
 static int __init pcnet32_probe_vlbus(int cards_found)
 {
@@ -624,10 +637,33 @@
 
     printk(KERN_INFO "%s: %s at %#3lx,", dev->name, chipname, ioaddr);
 
-    /* There is a 16 byte station address PROM at the base address.
-       The first six bytes are the station address. */
-    for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
-	printk(" %2.2x", dev->dev_addr[i] = inb(ioaddr + i));
+    /* In most chips, there is a station address PROM at the base address.
+     * However, if that does not have a valid address, try the "Physical
+     * Address Registers" CSR12-CSR14
+     */
+    {
+	/* There is a 16 byte station address PROM at the base address.
+	 The first six bytes are the station address. */
+	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+	    dev->dev_addr[i] = inb(ioaddr + i);
+	}
+	if( !is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr) ) {
+	    /* also double check this station address */
+	    for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+		unsigned int val;
+		val = a->read_csr(ioaddr, i+12) & 0x0ffff;
+		/* There may be endianness issues here. */
+		dev->dev_addr[2*i] = val & 0x0ff;
+		dev->dev_addr[2*i+1] = (val >> 8) & 0x0ff;
+	    }
+	    /* if this is not valid either, force to 00:00:00:00:00:00 */
+	    if( !is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr) )
+		for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+		    dev->dev_addr[i]=0;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+	    printk(" %2.2x", dev->dev_addr[i] );
+    }
 
     if (((chip_version + 1) & 0xfffe) == 0x2624) { /* Version 0x2623 or 0x2624 */
 	i = a->read_csr(ioaddr, 80) & 0x0C00;  /* Check tx_start_pt */
@@ -774,6 +810,10 @@
 		    lp->shared_irq ? SA_SHIRQ : 0, lp->name, (void *)dev)) {
 	return -EAGAIN;
     }
+
+    /* Check for a valid station address */
+    if( !is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr) )
+	return -EINVAL;
 
     /* Reset the PCNET32 */
     lp->a.reset (ioaddr);