i40e: remove unnecessary check for old MAC == new MAC

The check has been moved to core. The ndo_set_mac_address callback
is not being called with new MAC address equal to the old one anymore.

Signed-off-by: Piotr Gardocki <piotrx.gardocki@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index b847bd1..29ad179 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -1788,12 +1788,6 @@ static int i40e_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
                return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
-       if (ether_addr_equal(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data)) {
-               netdev_info(netdev, "already using mac address %pM\n",
-                           addr->sa_data);
-               return 0;
-       }
-
        if (test_bit(__I40E_DOWN, pf->state) ||
            test_bit(__I40E_RESET_RECOVERY_PENDING, pf->state))
                return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;