netdev - [PATCH v3] igb_main: Assign random MAC address instead of fail in case of invalid one

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Message-Id: <20220530105834.97175-1-lianglixuehao@126.com>
Date:   Mon, 30 May 2022 10:58:34 +0000
From:   Lixue Liang <lianglixuehao@....com>
To:     pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de
Cc:     anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        lianglixue@...atwall.com.cn, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] igb_main: Assign random MAC address instead of fail in case of invalid one

From: Lixue Liang <lianglixue@...atwall.com.cn>

In some cases, when the user uses igb_set_eeprom to modify the MAC
address to be invalid, the igb driver will fail to load. If there is no
network card device, the user must modify it to a valid MAC address by
other means.

Since the MAC address can be modified, then add a random valid MAC address
to replace the invalid MAC address in the driver can be workable, it can
continue to finish the loading, and output the relevant log reminder.

Signed-off-by: Lixue Liang <lianglixue@...atwall.com.cn>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 34b33b21e0dc..40f43534a3af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -3359,9 +3359,10 @@ static int igb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	eth_hw_addr_set(netdev, hw->mac.addr);
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Invalid MAC Address\n");
-		err = -EIO;
-		goto err_eeprom;
+		eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
+		ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.addr, netdev->dev_addr);
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+			"Invalid MAC address, already assigned random MAC address\n");
 	}
 
 	igb_set_default_mac_filter(adapter);
-- 
2.27.0