From b3ba206ce84d3d5c963ea670c94d4de1335b6516 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Walleij Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 01:55:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ixp4xx_eth: Fall back to random MAC address If the firmware does not provide a MAC address to the driver, fall back to generating a random MAC address. Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c index 89770c2..a5d1d8d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c @@ -1487,7 +1487,10 @@ static int ixp4xx_eth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) port->plat = plat; npe_port_tab[NPE_ID(port->id)] = port; - eth_hw_addr_set(ndev, plat->hwaddr); + if (is_valid_ether_addr(plat->hwaddr)) + eth_hw_addr_set(ndev, plat->hwaddr); + else + eth_hw_addr_random(ndev); platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev); -- 2.7.4