linux-kernel - Re: RESEND: [PATCH v3 net-next] sky2: use random address if EEPROM is bad

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Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:00:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Liviu.Dudau@....com
Cc:	stephen@...workplumber.org, mlindner@...vell.com,
	f.fainelli@...il.com, ryan.harkin@...aro.org,
	sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RESEND: [PATCH v3 net-next] sky2: use random address if EEPROM
 is bad

From: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:51:51 +0100

> On some embedded systems the EEPROM does not contain a valid MAC address.
> In that case it is better to fallback to a generated mac address and
> let init scripts fix the value later.
> 
> Reported-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
> [Changed handcoded setup to use eth_hw_addr_random() and to save new address into HW]
> Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>

Applied, thanks.
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