remove init of dev->perm_addr in drivers
perm_addr is initialized correctly in register_netdevice() so to init it in
drivers is no longer needed.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index ae96c10..c756412 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -500,9 +500,8 @@
}
ixgb_get_ee_mac_addr(&adapter->hw, netdev->dev_addr);
- memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, netdev->dev_addr, netdev->addr_len);
- if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr)) {
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
netif_err(adapter, probe, adapter->netdev, "Invalid MAC Address\n");
err = -EIO;
goto err_eeprom;