netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] r6040: warn about MAC address being unset

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Date:	Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:03:29 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	florian@...nwrt.org
Cc:	jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] r6040: warn about MAC address being unset

From: Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:40:41 +0100

> r6040: warn about MAC address being unset
> 
> Some bootloader/BIOSes do not set the MAC
> address, warn about that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>

Applied.

Even better behavior would be to use a random ethernet address after
emitting the warning, so that the user still has a usable interface.

See the random_ether_addr() interface and how many other net drivers
make use of it in situations nearly identical to this one.
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