Setting a dummy address during the driver probe is not necessary.
The dev_addr field is already zeroed out from alloc_etherdev().
Signed-off-by: Quytelda Kahja <quytelda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c
index 5c5569000fce..afbc472baa05 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_wlan_net.c
@@ -2852,9 +2852,6 @@ int ks_wlan_close(struct net_device *dev)
/* Operational parameters that usually are not changed. */
/* Time in jiffies before concluding the transmitter is hung. */
#define TX_TIMEOUT (3 * HZ)
-static const unsigned char dummy_addr[] = {
- 0x00, 0x0b, 0xe3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
-};
static const struct net_device_ops ks_wlan_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_start_xmit = ks_wlan_start_xmit,
@@ -2882,9 +2879,6 @@ int ks_wlan_net_start(struct net_device *dev)
atomic_set(&update_phyinfo, 0);
timer_setup(&update_phyinfo_timer, ks_wlan_update_phyinfo_timeout, 0);
- /* dummy address set */
- ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, dummy_addr);
-
/* The ks_wlan-specific entries in the device structure. */
dev->netdev_ops = &ks_wlan_netdev_ops;
dev->wireless_handlers = &ks_wlan_handler_def;
--
2.16.3
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