From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ron Mercer Subject: [net-next PATCH 1/1] qlge: Bonding fix for mode 6. Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:10:40 -0800 Message-ID: <1258492240-24554-1-git-send-email-ron.mercer@qlogic.com> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, ron.mercer@qlogic.com To: davem@davemloft.net Return-path: Received: from avexch1.qlogic.com ([198.70.193.115]:9445 "EHLO avexch1.qlogic.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750772AbZKQVRR (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:17:17 -0500 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Allow MAC address to be changed even if device is not up. Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer --- drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c | 3 --- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 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); -- 1.6.0.2