netdev - [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove MAC workaround in rtl8168e_2_hw_phy

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Date:   Sat, 21 Dec 2019 14:11:08 +0100
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove MAC workaround in
 rtl8168e_2_hw_phy_config

Due to recent changes we don't need the call to rtl_rar_exgmac_set()
and longer at this place. It's called from rtl_rar_set() which is
called in rtl_init_mac_address() and rtl8169_resume().

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
index c845a5850..38a09b5ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
@@ -2961,9 +2961,6 @@ static void rtl8168e_2_hw_phy_config(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
 	rtl_writephy(tp, 0x1f, 0x0005);
 	rtl_w0w1_phy(tp, 0x01, 0x0100, 0x0000);
 	rtl_writephy(tp, 0x1f, 0x0000);
-
-	/* Broken BIOS workaround: feed GigaMAC registers with MAC address. */
-	rtl_rar_exgmac_set(tp, tp->dev->dev_addr);
 }
 
 static void rtl8168f_hw_phy_config(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
-- 
2.24.1