1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
index c3267e4e1bb0..15032f2c7817 100644
--- a/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -1339,6 +1339,9 @@ static int b44_set_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
         if (netif_running(dev))
                 return -EBUSY;
 
+        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, dev->addr_len);
 
         spin_lock_irq(&bp->lock);
@@ -1876,6 +1879,12 @@ static int __devinit b44_get_invariants(struct b44 *bp)
         bp->dev->dev_addr[3] = eeprom[80];
         bp->dev->dev_addr[4] = eeprom[83];
         bp->dev->dev_addr[5] = eeprom[82];
+
+        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(&bp->dev->dev_addr[0])){
+                printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Invalid MAC address found in EEPROM\n");
+                return -EINVAL;
+        }
+
         memcpy(bp->dev->perm_addr, bp->dev->dev_addr, bp->dev->addr_len);
 
         bp->phy_addr = eeprom[90] & 0x1f;
@@ -2033,6 +2042,11 @@ static int __devinit b44_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
         pci_save_state(bp->pdev);
 
+        /* Chip reset provides power to the b44 MAC & PCI cores, which 
+         * is necessary for MAC register access.
+         */ 
+        b44_chip_reset(bp);
+
         printk(KERN_INFO "%s: Broadcom 4400 10/100BaseT Ethernet ", dev->name);
         for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
                 printk("%2.2x%c", dev->dev_addr[i],