netdev - Re: [RFC] usbnet: assign unique random MAC

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Message-ID: <20231116104925.302865a8@hermes.local>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 10:49:25 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, bjorn@...k.no
Subject: Re: [RFC] usbnet: assign unique random MAC

On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:30:24 +0100
Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com> wrote:

>  module_exit(usbnet_exit);
>  
> +module_param(legacymac, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(legacymac, "Use a legacy style common MAC if device need a random MAC");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("David Brownell");

Module params are bad idea, just do the right thing.