i40e: fix mac address checking

Remove custom i40e functions around ethernet addresses that are
duplicating already existing kernel functionality.

Also ends up fixing a bug with multicast addresses.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Tested-by: Kavindya Deegala <kavindya.s.deegala@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
index d84fca1b3f28..e5694b9f4e95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
@@ -240,33 +240,6 @@ i40e_status i40e_get_mac_addr(struct i40e_hw *hw, u8 *mac_addr)
 }
 
 /**
- * i40e_validate_mac_addr - Validate MAC address
- * @mac_addr: pointer to MAC address
- *
- * Tests a MAC address to ensure it is a valid Individual Address
- **/
-i40e_status i40e_validate_mac_addr(u8 *mac_addr)
-{
-        i40e_status status = 0;
-
-        /* Make sure it is not a multicast address */
-        if (I40E_IS_MULTICAST(mac_addr)) {
-                hw_dbg(hw, "MAC address is multicast\n");
-                status = I40E_ERR_INVALID_MAC_ADDR;
-        /* Not a broadcast address */
-        } else if (I40E_IS_BROADCAST(mac_addr)) {
-                hw_dbg(hw, "MAC address is broadcast\n");
-                status = I40E_ERR_INVALID_MAC_ADDR;
-        /* Reject the zero address */
-        } else if (mac_addr[0] == 0 && mac_addr[1] == 0 && mac_addr[2] == 0 &&
-                   mac_addr[3] == 0 && mac_addr[4] == 0 && mac_addr[5] == 0) {
-                hw_dbg(hw, "MAC address is all zeros\n");
-                status = I40E_ERR_INVALID_MAC_ADDR;
-        }
-        return status;
-}
-
-/**
  * i40e_get_media_type - Gets media type
  * @hw: pointer to the hardware structure
  **/