From 3a1521b7e5b6964c293bb8ed6773513f8f503de5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:33:29 -0800
Subject: bonding: don't validate address at device open

The standard validate_addr handler refuses to accept the all zeroes address
as valid.  However, it's common historical practice for the bonding
master to be configured up prior to having any slaves, at which time the
master will have a MAC address of all zeroes.

Resolved by setting the dev->validate_addr to NULL.  The master still can't
end up with an invalid address, as the set_mac_address function tests
for validity.

Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

(limited to 'drivers/net/bonding')

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 6937ef0e7275..a198404a3e36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4405,6 +4405,7 @@ static int bond_init(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct bond_params *params)
 	bond_dev->set_multicast_list = bond_set_multicast_list;
 	bond_dev->change_mtu = bond_change_mtu;
 	bond_dev->set_mac_address = bond_set_mac_address;
+	bond_dev->validate_addr = NULL;
 
 	bond_set_mode_ops(bond, bond->params.mode);
 
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