From 9f1136182f732f6e847fc43bd88b579739d5c211 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Fainelli Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:04:45 +0000 Subject: r6040: generate random ethernet MAC address when not initialized This patch makes the ethernet driver assign a random ethernet MAC address when the bootloader does not set it. Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/r6040.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net') diff --git a/drivers/net/r6040.c b/drivers/net/r6040.c index b59837e80750..8b5d50927ebf 100644 --- a/drivers/net/r6040.c +++ b/drivers/net/r6040.c @@ -1153,8 +1153,10 @@ static int __devinit r6040_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, /* Some bootloader/BIOSes do not initialize * MAC address, warn about that */ - if (!(adrp[0] || adrp[1] || adrp[2])) - printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME ": MAC address not initialized\n"); + if (!(adrp[0] || adrp[1] || adrp[2])) { + printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME ": MAC address not initialized, generating random\n"); + random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr); + } /* Link new device into r6040_root_dev */ lp->pdev = pdev; -- cgit v1.2.3