Index: Makefile.target
===================================================================
--- Makefile.target	(revision 6463)
+++ Makefile.target	(working copy)
@@ -580,7 +580,8 @@
 OBJS+= fdc.o mc146818rtc.o serial.o i8259.o i8254.o pcspk.o pc.o
 OBJS+= cirrus_vga.o apic.o parallel.o acpi.o piix_pci.o
 OBJS+= usb-uhci.o vmmouse.o vmport.o vmware_vga.o hpet.o
-CPPFLAGS += -DHAS_AUDIO -DHAS_AUDIO_CHOICE
+CPPFLAGS += 
+#-DHAS_AUDIO -DHAS_AUDIO_CHOICE
 endif
 ifeq ($(TARGET_BASE_ARCH), ppc)
 CPPFLAGS += -DHAS_AUDIO -DHAS_AUDIO_CHOICE
Index: net.c
===================================================================
--- net.c	(revision 6463)
+++ net.c	(working copy)
@@ -122,6 +122,24 @@
 
 static VLANState *first_vlan;
 
+unsigned long int random_mac_seed(void) {
+
+    unsigned long int seed = 0;
+    int fd;
+
+    fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        perror("open");
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if (read(fd, &seed, sizeof (seed)) < 0) {
+        perror("read");
+        seed = 0;
+    }
+    if (close(fd))
+        perror("close");
+    return seed;
+}
 /***********************************************************/
 /* network device redirectors */
 
@@ -160,7 +178,7 @@
     long int offset;
 
     errno = 0;
-    offset = strtol(p, &last_char, 0);    
+    offset = strtol(p, &last_char, 0);
     if (0 == errno && '\0' == *last_char &&
             offset >= 0 && offset <= 0xFFFFFF) {
         macaddr[3] = (offset & 0xFF0000) >> 16;
@@ -179,7 +197,7 @@
                 p++;
             }
         }
-        return 0;    
+        return 0;
     }
 
     return -1;
@@ -1576,15 +1594,27 @@
             fprintf(stderr, "Too Many NICs\n");
             return -1;
         }
+
         nd = &nd_table[nb_nics];
         macaddr = nd->macaddr;
-        macaddr[0] = 0x52;
-        macaddr[1] = 0x54;
-        macaddr[2] = 0x00;
-        macaddr[3] = 0x12;
-        macaddr[4] = 0x34;
-        macaddr[5] = 0x56 + nb_nics;
 
+        if (strstr(p, "macrandom")) {
+            macaddr[0] = (uint8_t) (random_mac_seed() % 0x100);
+            macaddr[1] = (uint8_t) (random_mac_seed() % 0x100);
+            macaddr[2] = (uint8_t) (random_mac_seed() % 0x100);
+            macaddr[3] = (uint8_t) (random_mac_seed() % 0x100);
+            macaddr[4] = (uint8_t) (random_mac_seed() % 0x100);
+            macaddr[5] = (uint8_t) (random_mac_seed() % 0x100);
+
+        } else {
+            macaddr[0] = 0x52;
+            macaddr[1] = 0x54;
+            macaddr[2] = 0x00;
+            macaddr[3] = 0x12;
+            macaddr[4] = 0x34;
+            macaddr[5] = 0x56 + nb_nics;
+        }
+
         if (get_param_value(buf, sizeof(buf), "macaddr", p)) {
             if (parse_macaddr(macaddr, buf) < 0) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "invalid syntax for ethernet address\n");
@@ -1720,7 +1750,7 @@
     const char *p;
     char *q;
     char device[64];
-
+    
     p = str;
     q = device;
     while (*p != '\0' && *p != ',') {
Index: net.h
===================================================================
--- net.h	(revision 6463)
+++ net.h	(working copy)
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
                                const char *default_model);
 void qemu_handler_true(void *opaque);
 
+unsigned long int random_mac_seed(void);
+
 void do_info_network(void);
 int do_set_link(const char *name, const char *up_or_down);
 
Index: qemu-malloc.c
===================================================================
--- qemu-malloc.c	(revision 6463)
+++ qemu-malloc.c	(working copy)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 void *qemu_malloc(size_t size)
 {
-    return malloc(size);
+    return calloc(1, size);
 }
 
 void *qemu_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size)