linux/drivers/net
Darren Hart 2b53d07891 pch_gbe: Do not abort probe on bad MAC
If the MAC is invalid or not implemented, do not abort the probe. Issue
a warning and prevent bringing the interface up until a MAC is set manually
(via ifconfig $IFACE hw ether $MAC).

Tested on two platforms, one with a valid MAC, the other without a MAC. The real
MAC is used if present, the interface fails to come up until the MAC is set on
the other. They successfully get an IP over DHCP and pass a simple ping and
login over ssh test.

This is meant to allow the Inforce SYS940X development board:
http://www.inforcecomputing.com/SYS940X_ECX.html
(and others suffering from a missing MAC) to work with the mainline kernel.
Without this patch, the probe will fail and the interface will not be created,
preventing the user from configuring the MAC manually.

This does not make any attempt to address a missing or invalid MAC for the
pch_phub driver.

Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>
CC: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
CC: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
CC: Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya.rohm@gmail.com>
CC: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
CC: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
CC: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us>
CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org
CC: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
CC: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
CC: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-01-18 16:41:36 -05:00
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appletalk
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dsa dsa: Move switch drivers to new directory drivers/net/dsa 2011-11-29 00:21:36 -05:00
ethernet pch_gbe: Do not abort probe on bad MAC 2012-01-18 16:41:36 -05:00
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phy dp83640: Fix NOHZ local_softirq_pending 08 warning 2012-01-12 15:26:01 -08:00
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vmxnet3 vmxnet3" make ethtool ops const 2012-01-05 13:23:00 -05:00
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dummy.c net: remove NETIF_F_NO_CSUM feature bit 2011-11-16 17:43:12 -05:00
eql.c
ifb.c net: remove NETIF_F_NO_CSUM feature bit 2011-11-16 17:43:12 -05:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'staging-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging 2012-01-09 12:18:17 -08:00
LICENSE.SRC
loopback.c net: remove NETIF_F_NO_CSUM feature bit 2011-11-16 17:43:12 -05:00
macvlan.c net: introduce vlan_vid_[add/del] and use them instead of direct [add/kill]_vid ndo calls 2011-12-08 19:52:42 -05:00
macvtap.c macvtap: Fix macvtap_get_queue to use rxhash first 2011-12-20 13:45:55 -05:00
Makefile Merge branch 'staging-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging 2012-01-09 12:18:17 -08:00
mdio.c
mii.c net: Change mii to ethtool advertisement function names 2011-11-21 15:27:19 -05:00
netconsole.c
rionet.c drivers/net/rionet.c: fix ethernet address macros for LE platforms 2011-11-02 16:07:01 -07:00
sb1000.c
Space.c
sungem_phy.c
tun.c Sweep away N/A fw_version dustbunnies from the .get_drvinfo routine of a number of drivers 2011-11-22 16:43:32 -05:00
veth.c Sweep away N/A fw_version dustbunnies from the .get_drvinfo routine of a number of drivers 2011-11-22 16:43:32 -05:00
virtio_net.c virtio: net: Add freeze, restore handlers to support S4 2012-01-12 15:44:46 +10:30
xen-netfront.c Merge branch 'stable/for-linus-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen 2012-01-10 10:09:59 -08:00