qlge: Bonding fix for mode 6.

commit 63ae93a190 upstream.

Allow MAC address to be changed even if device is not up.

Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Brandon Philips <bphilips@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Ron Mercer 2009-11-17 11:10:40 +00:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 6b076176f9
commit bf9a88d93e

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@ -3712,9 +3712,6 @@ 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);