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skge: handle zero address at open
authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:22:51 +0000 (08:22 -0800)
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:07:44 +0000 (19:07 -0500)
commitfae87592280039837fdd72c5ecdac2af2eb97f63
tree742628efdd91e394d528ed202ada01bce9e75140tree | snapshot
parenta7bed27dc69e3bc9238549a4964ea94ec318362ccommit | diff
skge: handle zero address at open

Some motherboards are broken and have no address set. Failing at probe time
prevents the device from ever being used (like to download a fixed BIOS). Instead
warn on probe and check again when device is brought up. That way the address
can be set.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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