netdev - [PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: ax88796: support generating a random mac address

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Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 22:55:11 +0200
From:   Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: ax88796: support generating a random mac address

Instead of falling back to 00:00:00:00:00:00 generate a random address
if none is provided via platform data or from the the device's register
space.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
index db02bc2fb4b2..05d9d3e2e92e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
@@ -723,6 +723,12 @@ static int ax_init_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 	    ax->plat->mac_addr)
 		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, ax->plat->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
+		eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
+		dev_info(&dev->dev, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n",
+			 dev->dev_addr);
+	}
+
 	ax_reset_8390(dev);
 
 	ei_local->name = "AX88796";
-- 
2.11.0