linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sky2: Add module parameter for passing the MAC address

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Date:	Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:32:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Liviu.Dudau@....com
Cc:	mlindner@...vell.com, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	ryan.harkin@...aro.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: Add module parameter for passing the MAC address

From: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>
Date: Wed,  5 Aug 2015 16:50:54 +0100

> For designs where EEPROMs are not connected to PCI Yukon2
> chips we need to get the MAC address from the firmware.
> Add a module parameter called 'mac_address' for this. It
> will be used if no DT node can be found and the B2_MAC
> register holds an invalid value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>

Sorry, such module options are absolutely not allowed.

If an invalid MAC is present, it should be set to a random
one via eth_random_addr().
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