This is a workaround for firmware bug with 2nd port of multiport adapter, where MAC address is reset. Driver just needs to overwrite it with the value read from PROM. Signed-off-by: Dhananjay Phadke Index: netdev-2.6/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c =================================================================== --- netdev-2.6.orig/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c +++ netdev-2.6/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c @@ -895,8 +895,6 @@ static int netxen_nic_open(struct net_de /* Done here again so that even if phantom sw overwrote it, * we set it */ - if (adapter->macaddr_set) - adapter->macaddr_set(adapter, netdev->dev_addr); if (adapter->init_port && adapter->init_port(adapter, adapter->portnum) != 0) { del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer); @@ -904,6 +902,8 @@ static int netxen_nic_open(struct net_de netxen_nic_driver_name, adapter->portnum); return -EIO; } + if (adapter->macaddr_set) + adapter->macaddr_set(adapter, netdev->dev_addr); netxen_nic_set_link_parameters(adapter); -- - 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