From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Glendinning Subject: [PATCH] smsc95xx: remove EEPROM loaded check Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:37:58 +0100 Message-ID: <1248784678-31726-1-git-send-email-steve.glendinning@smsc.com> Cc: Ian Saturley , David Miller , Steve Glendinning To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from drevil.shawell.net ([86.54.240.115]:39250 "EHLO drevil2.shawell.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753233AbZG1Mpv (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:45:51 -0400 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The eeprom read & write commands currently check the E2P_CMD_LOADED_ bit is set before allowing any operations. This prevents any reading or writing unless a correctly programmed EEPROM is installed. This patch removes the check, so it is possible to program blank EEPROMS via ethtool. Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning --- drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c | 5 ----- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c index fe04589..09bd635 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c @@ -220,11 +220,6 @@ static int smsc95xx_eeprom_confirm_not_busy(struct usbnet *dev) do { smsc95xx_read_reg(dev, E2P_CMD, &val); - if (!(val & E2P_CMD_LOADED_)) { - devwarn(dev, "No EEPROM present"); - return -EIO; - } - if (!(val & E2P_CMD_BUSY_)) return 0; -- 1.6.2.5