The interrupt is neither enabled nor registered when the interface isn't running (regardless of whether we use nc-si or not) so the test isn't useful.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <b...@kernel.crashing.org> --- drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c index 3adfb92..4fa138b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c @@ -1047,14 +1047,9 @@ static irqreturn_t ftgmac100_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id) struct net_device *netdev = dev_id; struct ftgmac100 *priv = netdev_priv(netdev); - /* When running in NCSI mode, the interface should be ready for - * receiving or transmitting NCSI packets before it's opened. - */ - if (likely(priv->use_ncsi || netif_running(netdev))) { - /* Disable interrupts for polling */ - iowrite32(0, priv->base + FTGMAC100_OFFSET_IER); - napi_schedule(&priv->napi); - } + /* Disable interrupts for polling */ + iowrite32(0, priv->base + FTGMAC100_OFFSET_IER); + napi_schedule(&priv->napi); return IRQ_HANDLED; } -- 2.9.3