Re: [PATCHv2 net] usbnet: modern method to get random MAC

[Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>]

On 14.10.24 21:59, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> As diagnosed by John Sperbeck :
> 
> This patch implies all ->bind() method took care of populating net->dev_addr ?
> 
> Otherwise the following existing heuristic is no longer working
> 
> // heuristic:  "usb%d" for links we know are two-host,
> // else "eth%d" when there's reasonable doubt.  userspace
> // can rename the link if it knows better.
> if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_ETHER) != 0 &&
>      ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_POINTTOPOINT) == 0 ||
>       (net->dev_addr [0] & 0x02) == 0))
> strscpy(net->name, "eth%d", sizeof(net->name));
> 

Hi,

you need to have a MAC to be an ethernet device, don't you?

	Regards
		Oliver