linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] wifi: rtw89: 8922a: set random mac if efuse contains zeroes

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Message-ID: <cc682f4f654346a9a098c48f4a6b4f92@realtek.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:46:54 +0000
From: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>
To: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@...hat.com>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] wifi: rtw89: 8922a: set random mac if efuse contains
 zeroes

Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@...hat.com> wrote:
> I have some rtl8922ae devices with no permanent mac stored in efuse.
> 
> It could be properly saved and/or configured from user tools like
> NetworkManager, but it would be desirable to be able to initialize it
> somehow to get the device working by default.
> 
> So, in the same way as with other devices, if the mac address read from
> efuse contains zeros, a random mac address is assigned to at least allow
> operation, and the user is warned about this in case any action needs to
> be considered.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>