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r6040: generate random ethernet MAC address when not initialized

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This patch makes the ethernet driver assign a random ethernet
MAC address when the bootloader does not set it.

Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Florian Fainelli 2009-01-08 15:04:45 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 58854c6b41
commit 9f1136182f
1 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/net/r6040.c
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@ -1153,8 +1153,10 @@ static int __devinit r6040_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
/* Some bootloader/BIOSes do not initialize
* MAC address, warn about that */
if (!(adrp[0] || adrp[1] || adrp[2]))
printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME ": MAC address not initialized\n");
if (!(adrp[0] || adrp[1] || adrp[2])) {
printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME ": MAC address not initialized, generating random\n");
random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
}
/* Link new device into r6040_root_dev */
lp->pdev = pdev;