netdev - [PATCH] net: usbnet: update addr_assign

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Date:	Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:45:46 +0200
From:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Subject: [PATCH] net: usbnet: update addr_assign_type if appropriate

This module generates a common default address on init,
using eth_random_addr. Set addr_assign_type to let
userspace know the address is random unless it was
overridden by the minidriver.

Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
---
 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index e4811d7..74a8e3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1629,6 +1629,10 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
 		dev->rx_urb_size = dev->hard_mtu;
 	dev->maxpacket = usb_maxpacket (dev->udev, dev->out, 1);
 
+	/* let userspace know we have a random address */
+	if (ether_addr_equal(net->dev_addr, node_id))
+		net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
+
 	if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_WLAN) != 0)
 		SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(net, &wlan_type);
 	if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_WWAN) != 0)
-- 
1.7.10.4

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