Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh_eth: use random MAC address if no valid one supplied

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:43:51 +0400

Hello.

On 29-04-2013 0:29, Laurent Pinchart wrote:

>> On Renesas R-Car based development boards, although a MAC address is printed
>> on all the Ethernet port labels, U-Boot  doesn't write a valid MAC address
>> to the Ether MAHR/MALR registers (there's no storage provided for the Ether
>> MAC address either), so we have to resort to using a random MAC address...

>> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>

>> ---
>> This patch is against the 'net-next.git' repository.

>>   drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c |    5 +++++
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

>> Index: net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- net-next.orig/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
>> +++ net-next/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
>> @@ -2735,6 +2735,11 @@ static int sh_eth_drv_probe(struct platf
>>
>>   	/* read and set MAC address */
>>   	read_mac_address(ndev, pd->mac_addr);
>> +	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
>> +		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "no valid MAC address supplied, using "
>> +			 "a random one.\n");

> Breaking log messages in the middle of a line is frowned upon, more than
> exceeding the 80 characters per line (soft) limit. I think

>          dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
>                   "no valid MAC address supplied, using a random one.\n");

> would be better.

    Thanks, totally forgot about that when doing a patch, only remembered 
after sending out.

WBR, Sergei