netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 09/13] net: axienet: Make missing MAC address non-fatal

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Message-ID: <20190531211651.GF3154@lunn.ch>
Date:   Fri, 31 May 2019 23:16:51 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Robert Hancock <hancock@...systems.ca>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, anirudh@...inx.com, John.Linn@...inx.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 09/13] net: axienet: Make missing MAC address
 non-fatal

On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 12:15:41PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:
> Failing initialization on a missing MAC address property is excessive.
> We can just fall back to using a random MAC instead, which at least
> leaves the interface in a functioning state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <hancock@...systems.ca>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew