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Date:	Thu, 8 Jan 2009 22:09:52 +0100
From:	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] r6040: warn about MAC address being unset

Hi David,

Le Thursday 08 January 2009 20:03:29 David Miller, vous avez écrit :
> 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.

Yes, I realised that right after sending the patch ;)

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

Thanks, will send a patch using this.
-- 
Best regards, Florian Fainelli
Email : florian@...nwrt.org
http://openwrt.org
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