static int efx_probe_port(struct efx_nic *efx)
{
+ unsigned char *perm_addr;
int rc;
netif_dbg(efx, probe, efx->net_dev, "create port\n");
return rc;
/* Sanity check MAC address */
- if (is_valid_ether_addr(efx->mac_address)) {
- memcpy(efx->net_dev->dev_addr, efx->mac_address, ETH_ALEN);
+ perm_addr = efx->net_dev->perm_addr;
+ if (is_valid_ether_addr(perm_addr)) {
+ memcpy(efx->net_dev->dev_addr, perm_addr, ETH_ALEN);
} else {
netif_err(efx, probe, efx->net_dev, "invalid MAC address %pM\n",
- efx->mac_address);
+ perm_addr);
if (!allow_bad_hwaddr) {
rc = -EINVAL;
goto err;