meth didn't set a valid mac address during probing, but later during
open. Newer kernel refuse to open device with 00:00:00:00:00:00 as
mac address -> dead ethernet. This patch sets the mac address in
the probe function and uses only the mac address from the netdevice
struct when setting up the hardware.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

 drivers/net/meth.c |   10 +++++++---
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/meth.c b/drivers/net/meth.c
index 0c89b02..cdaa8fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/meth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/meth.c
@@ -95,11 +95,14 @@ static inline void load_eaddr(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        int i;
        DECLARE_MAC_BUF(mac);
+       u64 macaddr;
 
-       for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
-               dev->dev_addr[i] = o2meth_eaddr[i];
        DPRINTK("Loading MAC Address: %s\n", print_mac(mac, dev->dev_addr));
-       mace->eth.mac_addr = (*(unsigned long*)o2meth_eaddr) >> 16;
+       macaddr = 0;
+       for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+               macaddr |= dev->dev_addr[i] << ((5 - i) * 8);
+
+       mace->eth.mac_addr = macaddr;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -794,6 +797,7 @@ static int __init meth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 #endif
        dev->irq             = MACE_ETHERNET_IRQ;
        dev->base_addr       = (unsigned long)&mace->eth;
+       memcpy(dev->dev_addr, o2meth_eaddr, 6);
 
        priv = netdev_priv(dev);
        spin_lock_init(&priv->meth_lock);
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