Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] sky2: use random address if EEPROM is bad

[Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>]

Hello.

On 08/11/2015 05:35 PM, Liviu Dudau wrote:

> On some embedded systems the EEPROM does not contain a valid MAC address.
> In that case it is better to fallback to a generated mac address and
> let init scripts fix the value later.

> Reported-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> [Changed handcoded setup to use eth_hw_addr_random() instead]
> Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com>
> ---
> I have tested this on my Juno platform and I can successfully do an nfsroot boot.

> Best regards,
> Liviu

>   drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c | 7 +++++++
>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
> index d9f4498..c309879 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
> @@ -4819,6 +4819,13 @@ static struct net_device *sky2_init_netdev(struct sky2_hw *hw, unsigned port,
>   		memcpy_fromio(dev->dev_addr, hw->regs + B2_MAC_1 + port * 8,
>   			      ETH_ALEN);
>
> +	/* if the address is invalid, use a random value */
> +	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
> +		netdev_warn(dev,
> +			"Invalid MAC address, defaulting to random\n");

    Please start the continuation line right under 'dev' on the borken up line.

> +		eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
> +	}
> +
>   	return dev;
>   }

MBR, Sergei