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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c2
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c b/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c
index b89b73c0b30b..6b2330e4206e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c
@@ -923,8 +923,6 @@ static int private_ioctl (struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
return 0;
case SIOCSMIIREG: /* Write MII PHY register. */
- if (!capable (CAP_NET_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
if (regnum & ~0x1f)
return -EINVAL;
if (data->phy_id == phy) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
index 3e59397e5386..b38d3b7f6e35 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
@@ -1470,8 +1470,6 @@ static int netdev_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
return 0;
case SIOCSMIIREG: /* Write MII PHY register. */
- if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
mdio_write(dev, data->phy_id & 0x1f, data->reg_num & 0x1f, data->val_in);
spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
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