netdev - [PATCH net-next v4 14/20] net: axienet: Make missing MAC address non-fatal

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Date:   Wed,  5 Jun 2019 14:42:27 -0600
From:   Robert Hancock <hancock@...systems.ca>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     anirudh@...inx.com, John.Linn@...inx.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        Robert Hancock <hancock@...systems.ca>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 14/20] net: axienet: Make missing MAC address non-fatal

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>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index fba59c5..7b38819 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -1733,8 +1733,9 @@ static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* Retrieve the MAC address */
 	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
 	if (IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address\n");
-		goto free_netdev;
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address property: %ld\n",
+			 PTR_ERR(mac_addr));
+		mac_addr = NULL;
 	}
 	axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);
 
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