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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/via-velocity.c4
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index ced1446dec0..e04e5bee005 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -2328,14 +2328,10 @@ static int velocity_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd
miidata->phy_id = readb(&regs->MIIADR) & 0x1f;
break;
case SIOCGMIIREG:
- if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
if (velocity_mii_read(vptr->mac_regs, miidata->reg_num & 0x1f, &(miidata->val_out)) < 0)
return -ETIMEDOUT;
break;
case SIOCSMIIREG:
- if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
spin_lock_irqsave(&vptr->lock, flags);
err = velocity_mii_write(vptr->mac_regs, miidata->reg_num & 0x1f, miidata->val_in);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vptr->lock, flags);