Message ID | 1248784678-31726-1-git-send-email-steve.glendinning@smsc.com |
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State | Accepted, archived |
Delegated to: | David Miller |
Headers | show |
From: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:37:58 +0100 > The eeprom read & write commands currently check the E2P_CMD_LOADED_ bit is > set before allowing any operations. This prevents any reading or writing > unless a correctly programmed EEPROM is installed. > > This patch removes the check, so it is possible to program blank EEPROMS > via ethtool. > > Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com> Applied to net-next-2.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c index fe04589..09bd635 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c @@ -220,11 +220,6 @@ static int smsc95xx_eeprom_confirm_not_busy(struct usbnet *dev) do { smsc95xx_read_reg(dev, E2P_CMD, &val); - if (!(val & E2P_CMD_LOADED_)) { - devwarn(dev, "No EEPROM present"); - return -EIO; - } - if (!(val & E2P_CMD_BUSY_)) return 0;
The eeprom read & write commands currently check the E2P_CMD_LOADED_ bit is set before allowing any operations. This prevents any reading or writing unless a correctly programmed EEPROM is installed. This patch removes the check, so it is possible to program blank EEPROMS via ethtool. Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com> --- drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c | 5 ----- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)