netdev - Re: [PATCH v7] igb: Assign random MAC address instead of fail in case of invalid one

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Message-ID: <20221214085106.42a88df1@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 14 Dec 2022 08:51:06 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Lixue Liang <lianglixuehao@....com>, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, lianglixue@...atwall.com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] igb: Assign random MAC address instead of fail in
 case of invalid one

On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:22:13 +0200 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> NAK to any module driver parameter. If it is applicable to all drivers,
> please find a way to configure it to more user-friendly. If it is not,
> try to do the same as other drivers do.

I think this one may be fine. Configuration which has to be set before
device probing can't really be per-device.