From ff5b2fabf53426c15a5f041505687f94d1b2109f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lucas Stach Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 00:38:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] net: fec: add fallback to random MAC address If no valid MAC address could be obtained from the hardware, fall back to a randomly generated one. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c index 85a06037b242..a667015be22a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c @@ -1038,6 +1038,18 @@ static void fec_get_mac(struct net_device *ndev) iap = &tmpaddr[0]; } + /* + * 5) random mac address + */ + if (!is_valid_ether_addr(iap)) { + /* Report it and use a random ethernet address instead */ + netdev_err(ndev, "Invalid MAC address: %pM\n", iap); + eth_hw_addr_random(ndev); + netdev_info(ndev, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n", + ndev->dev_addr); + return; + } + memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, iap, ETH_ALEN); /* Adjust MAC if using macaddr */ -- 2.30.2