* [PATCH] DM9000: Allow randomised ethernet address
@ 2011-02-24 13:17 Mark Brown
2011-02-28 20:42 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Mark Brown @ 2011-02-24 13:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: davem, eric.dumazet; +Cc: netdev, patches, Ben Dooks, Mark Brown
From: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Allow randomised ethernet address if the device does not have a valid
EEPROM or pre-set MAC address.
Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
---
drivers/net/dm9000.c | 7 ++++++-
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
index 461dd6f..3177081 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
@@ -1593,10 +1593,15 @@ dm9000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ndev->dev_addr[i] = ior(db, i+DM9000_PAR);
}
- if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
dev_warn(db->dev, "%s: Invalid ethernet MAC address. Please "
"set using ifconfig\n", ndev->name);
+ random_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr);
+ mac_src = "random";
+ }
+
+
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
ret = register_netdev(ndev);
--
1.7.2.3
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* Re: [PATCH] DM9000: Allow randomised ethernet address
2011-02-24 13:17 [PATCH] DM9000: Allow randomised ethernet address Mark Brown
@ 2011-02-28 20:42 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2011-02-28 20:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: broonie; +Cc: eric.dumazet, netdev, patches, ben-linux
From: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:17:12 +0000
> From: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
>
> Allow randomised ethernet address if the device does not have a valid
> EEPROM or pre-set MAC address.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Applied.
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