-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. --------------------- From: The device may be in D3hot state and should not allow MII register access. Signed-off-by: Michael Chan Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Chris Wright --- --- drivers/net/bnx2.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) --- linux-2.6.21.1.orig/drivers/net/bnx2.c +++ linux-2.6.21.1/drivers/net/bnx2.c @@ -5564,6 +5564,9 @@ bnx2_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struc case SIOCGMIIREG: { u32 mii_regval; + if (!netif_running(dev)) + return -EAGAIN; + spin_lock_bh(&bp->phy_lock); err = bnx2_read_phy(bp, data->reg_num & 0x1f, &mii_regval); spin_unlock_bh(&bp->phy_lock); @@ -5577,6 +5580,9 @@ bnx2_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struc if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; + if (!netif_running(dev)) + return -EAGAIN; + spin_lock_bh(&bp->phy_lock); err = bnx2_write_phy(bp, data->reg_num & 0x1f, data->val_in); spin_unlock_bh(&bp->phy_lock); -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/