netdev - [PATCH] net: mvneta: drop redundant mac address check

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Date:	Tue, 29 Oct 2013 02:29:21 +0100
From:	Luka Perkov <luka@...nwrt.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com, Luka Perkov <luka@...nwrt.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: mvneta: drop redundant mac address check

Checking if MAC address is valid using is_valid_ether_addr() is already done in
of_get_mac_address().

Signed-off-by: Luka Perkov <luka@...nwrt.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index e35bac7..7d99e695 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -2811,7 +2811,7 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	dt_mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(dn);
-	if (dt_mac_addr && is_valid_ether_addr(dt_mac_addr)) {
+	if (dt_mac_addr) {
 		mac_from = "device tree";
 		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, dt_mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	} else {
-- 
1.8.4.1
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