netdev - [PATCH v2] sh_eth: use random MAC address if no valid one supplied

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Message-Id: <201304292349.43251.sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
Date:	Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:49:42 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	nobuhiro.iwamatsu.yj@...esas.com, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] sh_eth: use random MAC address if no valid one supplied

On Renesas R-Car based development boards, although a MAC address is printed on
all the Ethernet port labels, U-Boot  doesn't write a valid MAC address  to the
Ether MAHR/MALR registers (there's no storage provided for the Ether MAC address
either), so we have to resort to using a random MAC address...

Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>

---
This patch is against the 'net-next.git' repository.

Changes since the original posting:
- don't break the message string into 2 lines.

 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Index: net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
===================================================================
--- net-next.orig/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
+++ net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
@@ -2735,6 +2735,11 @@ static int sh_eth_drv_probe(struct platf
 
 	/* read and set MAC address */
 	read_mac_address(ndev, pd->mac_addr);
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
+			 "no valid MAC address supplied, using a random one.\n");
+		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
+	}
 
 	/* ioremap the TSU registers */
 	if (mdp->cd->tsu) {
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