From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/2] e1000e: don't check for alternate MAC addr on parts that don't support it Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:49:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100819.154904.71093624.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20100819224307.10079.89643.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20100819224410.10079.31067.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, bphilips@novell.com, bruce.w.allan@intel.com, stable@kernel.org To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:42345 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752826Ab0HSWsr (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:48:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100819224410.10079.31067.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:44:11 -0700 > From: Bruce Allan > > The alternate MAC address feature is only supported by 80003ES2LAN and > 82571 LOMs as well as a couple 82571 mezzanine cards. Checking for an > alternate MAC address on other parts can fail leading to the driver not > able to load. This patch limits the check for an alternate MAC address > to be done only for parts that support the feature. > > This issue has been around since support for the feature was introduced > to the e1000e driver in 2.6.34. > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan > Reported-by: Fabio Varesano > Cc: stable@kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.