On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:20:33 +0100 Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Added smsc95xx.macaddr module parameter to allow the user to > change the MAC address on boot if there was no MAC on the EEPROM. NAK. Please see the discussion on this and ifconfig hw for other devices. In summary - make the device refuse to ifconfig up without a valid address, allow it to come into existance without a valid address and then use ifconfig. Your patch also seems to break if there are several attached to a board. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html