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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c10
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c
index 318adc935a53..f516e5a71c53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c
@@ -1474,16 +1474,6 @@ smc_open(struct net_device *dev)
DBG(2, "%s: %s\n", dev->name, __func__);
- /*
- * Check that the address is valid. If its not, refuse
- * to bring the device up. The user must specify an
- * address using ifconfig eth0 hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
- */
- if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
- PRINTK("%s: no valid ethernet hw addr\n", __func__);
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
/* Setup the default Register Modes */
lp->tcr_cur_mode = TCR_DEFAULT;
lp->rcr_cur_mode = RCR_DEFAULT;