netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/2] e1000e: don't check for alternate MAC addr on parts that don't support it

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Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:49:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, bphilips@...ell.com,
	bruce.w.allan@...el.com, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/2] e1000e: don't check for alternate MAC addr
 on parts that don't support it

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:44:11 -0700

> From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
> 
> The alternate MAC address feature is only supported by 80003ES2LAN and
> 82571 LOMs as well as a couple 82571 mezzanine cards.  Checking for an
> alternate MAC address on other parts can fail leading to the driver not
> able to load.  This patch limits the check for an alternate MAC address
> to be done only for parts that support the feature.
> 
> This issue has been around since support for the feature was introduced
> to the e1000e driver in 2.6.34.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
> Reported-by: Fabio Varesano <fax8@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: stable@...nel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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