From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sh_eth: use random MAC address if no valid one supplied Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:37:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20130430.153729.859998606300915403.davem@davemloft.net> References: <201304292349.43251.sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, nobuhiro.iwamatsu.yj@renesas.com, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org To: sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <201304292349.43251.sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> Sender: linux-sh-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Sergei Shtylyov Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:49:42 +0400 > On Renesas R-Car based development boards, although a MAC address is printed on > all the Ethernet port labels, U-Boot doesn't write a valid MAC address to the > Ether MAHR/MALR registers (there's no storage provided for the Ether MAC address > either), so we have to resort to using a random MAC address... > > Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov Applied, thanks.