--- /dev/null
+From: Gerald Schaefer <geraldsc@de.ibm.com>
+Subject: qeth: remove unnecessary support ckeck in sysfs route6
+References: bnc#434333
+
+Symptom: route6 attribute can not be set in initial device condition
+Problem: Usability
+Solution: Remove this check improves usability because you do not have to
+ set the device online to initially set ipv6 routing option.
+
+Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com>
+
+Acked-by: John Jolly <jjolly@suse.de>
+---
+
+ drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c | 7 -------
+ 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
+
+Index: linux-sles11/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-sles11.orig/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c
++++ linux-sles11/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c
+@@ -121,9 +121,6 @@ static ssize_t qeth_l3_dev_route6_show(s
+ if (!card)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+- if (!qeth_is_supported(card, IPA_IPV6))
+- return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", "n/a");
+-
+ return qeth_l3_dev_route_show(card, &card->options.route6, buf);
+ }
+
+@@ -135,10 +132,6 @@ static ssize_t qeth_l3_dev_route6_store(
+ if (!card)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+- if (!qeth_is_supported(card, IPA_IPV6)) {
+- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+- }
+-
+ return qeth_l3_dev_route_store(card, &card->options.route6,
+ QETH_PROT_IPV6, buf, count);
+ }