Re: [PATCHv7 net-next 6/6] net: ibm: emac: generate random MAC if not found

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On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 01:02:21PM -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
> On this Cisco MX60W, u-boot sets the local-mac-address property.
> Unfortunately by default, the MAC is wrong and is actually located on a
> UBI partition. Which means nvmem needs to be used to grab it.
> 
> In the case where that fails, EMAC fails to initialize instead of
> generating a random MAC as many other drivers do.
> 
> Match behavior with other drivers to have a working ethernet interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>





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