Accessing the current hsuid via card->options.hsuid is perfectly
fine, even when the card is DOWN.
Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Ursula Braun <ubraun@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
        if (card->info.type != QETH_CARD_TYPE_IQD)
                return -EPERM;
 
-       if (card->state == CARD_STATE_DOWN)
-               return -EPERM;
-
        memcpy(tmp_hsuid, card->options.hsuid, sizeof(tmp_hsuid));
        EBCASC(tmp_hsuid, 8);
        return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", tmp_hsuid);