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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c4
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 2c723b1b8820..c66dd4f9437c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -4714,8 +4714,6 @@ static int e1000_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *ifr,
data->phy_id = hw->phy_addr;
break;
case SIOCGMIIREG:
- if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->stats_lock, flags);
if (e1000_read_phy_reg(hw, data->reg_num & 0x1F,
&data->val_out)) {
@@ -4725,8 +4723,6 @@ static int e1000_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *ifr,
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->stats_lock, flags);
break;
case SIOCSMIIREG:
- if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
if (data->reg_num & ~(0x1F))
return -EFAULT;
mii_reg = data->val_in;