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Date:	Thu,  7 Feb 2013 11:27:17 +0100
From:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>,
	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH V3] bgmac: validate (and random if needed) MAC addr

This adds check for a valid Ethernet MAC address and in case it is not,
it will generate a valid random one, such that the adapter is still
usable.

Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
---
V2: generate random addr
V3: update commit message
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
index d08a4af..f90d1dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
@@ -1318,6 +1318,12 @@ static int bgmac_probe(struct bcma_device *core)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 	}
 
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac)) {
+		dev_err(&core->dev, "Invalid MAC addr: %pM\n", mac);
+		eth_random_addr(mac);
+		dev_warn(&core->dev, "Using random MAC: %pM\n", mac);
+	}
+
 	/* Allocation and references */
 	net_dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*bgmac));
 	if (!net_dev)
-- 
1.7.10.4

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