From: Ivan Delalande <colona@arista.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>,
Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@broadcom.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Vincent MORVAN <vinc@42.fr>,
Atharva Tiwari <atharvatiwarilinuxdev@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v3] tg3: use random MAC address when tg3_get_device_address fails
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:34:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917223416.GA245819@visor> (raw)
Some of the tg3 NICs we use (BCM57762) reset the SRAM MAC address to the
placeholder address on link flaps, tg3_chip_reset, etc. We've typically
fixed it from userspace, but since e4c00ba7274b ("tg3: replace
placeholder MAC address with device property") was merged, tg3 just
fails probe as we don't have a way to get it through the generic
device_get_mac_address infrastructure as fallback on our systems.
Make the driver assign a random address in this condition instead of
being fatal for probe.
Fixes: e4c00ba7274b ("tg3: replace placeholder MAC address with device property")
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260909191751.651aa5c4@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Ivan Delalande <colona@arista.com>
---
v3: handle EPROBE_DEFER, set deferred_reason through dev_err_probe.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260914230521.GA1400582@visor/t/
assign random address instead of changing the logic in
tg3_get_device_address.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260903233255.GA4109366@visor/t/
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index 73a4b569b03e..813181590bce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -17914,12 +17914,17 @@ static int tg3_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
}
err = tg3_get_device_address(tp, addr);
- if (err) {
- dev_err(&pdev->dev,
- "Could not obtain valid ethernet address, aborting\n");
+ if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+ dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, err, "ethernet address provider not ready\n");
goto err_out_apeunmap;
}
- eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr);
+ if (err) {
+ dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
+ "Could not obtain valid ethernet address, using a random address\n");
+ eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
+ } else {
+ eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr);
+ }
intmbx = MAILBOX_INTERRUPT_0 + TG3_64BIT_REG_LOW;
rcvmbx = MAILBOX_RCVRET_CON_IDX_0 + TG3_64BIT_REG_LOW;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-17 22:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-17 22:34 Ivan Delalande [this message]
2026-09-18 2:30 ` [PATCH net v3] tg3: use random MAC address when tg3_get_device_address fails Andrew Lunn
2026-09-21 23:43 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-22 0:23 ` Ivan Delalande
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