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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/dm9000.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
index 631e0d9f2e4..e6bdbd3a679 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
@@ -559,6 +559,13 @@ dm9000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
ndev->dev_addr[i] = db->srom[i];
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
+ /* try reading from mac */
+
+ for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+ ndev->dev_addr[i] = ior(db, i+DM9000_PAR);
+ }
+
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
printk("%s: Invalid ethernet MAC address. Please "
"set using ifconfig\n", ndev->name);