The patch titled macb: use random mac if stored address in EEPROM is invalid has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is macb-use-random-mac-if-stored-address-in-eeprom-is-invalid.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: macb: use random mac if stored address in EEPROM is invalid From: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> We should use a random mac address if the EEPROM doesn't contain a valid one. This makes life on Boards with unprogrammed EEPROM devices easier. Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/macb.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/net/macb.c~macb-use-random-mac-if-stored-address-in-eeprom-is-invalid drivers/net/macb.c --- a/drivers/net/macb.c~macb-use-random-mac-if-stored-address-in-eeprom-is-invalid +++ a/drivers/net/macb.c @@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ static void __init macb_get_hwaddr(struc addr[4] = top & 0xff; addr[5] = (top >> 8) & 0xff; - if (is_valid_ether_addr(addr)) + if (is_valid_ether_addr(addr)) { memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, addr, sizeof(addr)); + } else { + dev_info(&bp->pdev->dev, "invalid hw address, using random\n"); + random_ether_addr(bp->dev->dev_addr); + } } static int macb_mdio_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int mii_id, int regnum) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are macb-use-random-mac-if-stored-address-in-eeprom-is-invalid.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html