Sometimes boards don't reset properly, and the address read out of the
EEPROM is zero. Stop the insanity before the device gets registered.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- skge-2.6.orig/drivers/net/skge.c
+++ skge-2.6/drivers/net/skge.c
@@ -3362,6 +3362,14 @@ static int __devinit skge_probe(struct p
if ((dev = skge_devinit(hw, 0, using_dac)) == NULL)
goto err_out_led_off;
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: bad (zero?) ethernet address in rom\n",
+ pci_name(pdev));
+ err = -EIO;
+ goto err_out_free_netdev;
+ }
+
+
err = register_netdev(dev);
if (err) {
printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: cannot register net device\n",
--
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