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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c23
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index c859771a9902..f46dbef07278 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ibmveth_netdev_ops = {
static int ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
{
- int rc, i;
+ int rc, i, mac_len;
struct net_device *netdev;
struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter;
unsigned char *mac_addr_p;
@@ -1334,11 +1334,19 @@ static int ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
dev->unit_address);
mac_addr_p = (unsigned char *)vio_get_attribute(dev, VETH_MAC_ADDR,
- NULL);
+ &mac_len);
if (!mac_addr_p) {
dev_err(&dev->dev, "Can't find VETH_MAC_ADDR attribute\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
+ /* Workaround for old/broken pHyp */
+ if (mac_len == 8)
+ mac_addr_p += 2;
+ else if (mac_len != 6) {
+ dev_err(&dev->dev, "VETH_MAC_ADDR attribute wrong len %d\n",
+ mac_len);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
mcastFilterSize_p = (unsigned int *)vio_get_attribute(dev,
VETH_MCAST_FILTER_SIZE, NULL);
@@ -1363,17 +1371,6 @@ static int ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
netif_napi_add(netdev, &adapter->napi, ibmveth_poll, 16);
- /*
- * Some older boxes running PHYP non-natively have an OF that returns
- * a 8-byte local-mac-address field (and the first 2 bytes have to be
- * ignored) while newer boxes' OF return a 6-byte field. Note that
- * IEEE 1275 specifies that local-mac-address must be a 6-byte field.
- * The RPA doc specifies that the first byte must be 10b, so we'll
- * just look for it to solve this 8 vs. 6 byte field issue
- */
- if ((*mac_addr_p & 0x3) != 0x02)
- mac_addr_p += 2;
-
adapter->mac_addr = 0;
memcpy(&adapter->mac_addr, mac_addr_p, 6);