Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@qlogic.com> writes:

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> Yes, this was a bug until recent times.
>
> It should be fixed in 2.6.32 development cycle by this commit -
> db4cfd8a6149e778befb2ff6e6f91cdc6394cbe6 ("netxen: handle firmware load errors").
>
> This added a check for adapter->is_up before touching txq lock.

Yes.  That should prevent the null pointer deference.  Will it also
allow setting the mac address when the NIC is down?

Eric
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