From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] via-rhine: Assign random MAC address if necessary Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:57:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20110417.175701.209965647.davem@davemloft.net> References: <4DAA12C0.7030106@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: mr.nuke.me@gmail.com, rl@hellgate.ch, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: joe@perches.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:33766 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753729Ab1DRA5g (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:57:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Joe Perches Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:15:26 -0700 > Roger Luethi has had several reports of Rhine NICs providing > an invalid MAC address. If so, assign a random MAC address so > the hardware can still be used. > > Tested as a standalone interface, as carrier for ppp, and as a > bonding slave. > > Original-patch-by: Alexandru Gagniuc > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Applied.