From 85e6b8c5d8be1e901b5402bfe42ce408912ab83e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:17:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] DM9000: Allow randomised ethernet address
Allow randomised ethernet address if the device does not have a valid
EEPROM or pre-set MAC address.
Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
drivers/net/dm9000.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
index 2d4c4fc1d9005..c30935587207a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
@@ -1592,10 +1592,15 @@ dm9000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ndev->dev_addr[i] = ior(db, i+DM9000_PAR);
}
- if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
dev_warn(db->dev, "%s: Invalid ethernet MAC address. Please "
"set using ifconfig\n", ndev->name);
+ random_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr);
+ mac_src = "random";
+ }
+
+
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
ret = register_netdev(ndev);
--
2.30.2