Use a random default mac address instead of a fixed one to reduce the
likelihood of mac address collision.
Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c | 11 ++---------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
index 35a548e1c92e..370a710ab7cb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
@@ -1033,15 +1033,8 @@ void rtw_macaddr_cfg(u8 *mac_addr)
}
if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(mac) || is_zero_ether_addr(mac)) {
- mac[0] = 0x00;
- mac[1] = 0xe0;
- mac[2] = 0x4c;
- mac[3] = 0x87;
- mac[4] = 0x00;
- mac[5] = 0x00;
- /* use default mac addresss */
- memcpy(mac_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
- DBG_88E("MAC Address from efuse error, assign default one !!!\n");
+ eth_random_addr(mac_addr);
+ DBG_88E("MAC Address from efuse error, assign random one !!!\n");
}
DBG_88E("rtw_macaddr_cfg MAC Address = %pM\n", (mac_addr));
--
2.33.0
