netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: bcmgenet: Generate a random MAC if none is valid

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Message-Id: <20191015.203400.1263499886536164599.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:34:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, phil@...pberrypi.org,
        jonathan@...pberrypi.org, matthias.bgg@...nel.org,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, wahrenst@....net,
        nsaenzjulienne@...e.de, opendmb@...il.com,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: bcmgenet: Generate a random MAC if
 none is valid

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:20:00 -0700

> Instead of having a hard failure and stopping the driver's probe
> routine, generate a random Ethernet MAC address to keep going.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied to net-next, thank you.