This is a workaround for firmware bug with 2nd port of multiport adapter,
where MAC address is reset. Driver just needs to overwrite it with the
value read from PROM.
Signed-off-by: Dhananjay Phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Index: netdev-2.6/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
===================================================================
--- netdev-2.6.orig/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ netdev-2.6/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -895,8 +895,6 @@ static int netxen_nic_open(struct net_de
/* Done here again so that even if phantom sw overwrote it,
* we set it */
- if (adapter->macaddr_set)
- adapter->macaddr_set(adapter, netdev->dev_addr);
if (adapter->init_port
&& adapter->init_port(adapter, adapter->portnum) != 0) {
del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
@@ -904,6 +902,8 @@ static int netxen_nic_open(struct net_de
netxen_nic_driver_name, adapter->portnum);
return -EIO;
}
+ if (adapter->macaddr_set)
+ adapter->macaddr_set(adapter, netdev->dev_addr);
netxen_nic_set_link_parameters(adapter);
--
-
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