wifi: rtw88: Use random MAC when efuse MAC invalid
When the MAC address read from the efuse data is invalid, warn the
user and use a random MAC address instead.
On a device I am currently using (Anbernic RG-ARC) with a rtw8821cs
the efuse appears to be incompletely/improperly programmed. The MAC
address reads as ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff. When networkmanager attempts to
initiate a connection (and I haven't hard-coded a MAC address or
set it to random) it fails to establish a connection.
Signed-off-by: Chris Morgan <macromorgan@hotmail.com>
Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231208150739.129753-1-macroalpha82@gmail.com
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