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    smsc95xx: generate random MAC address once, not every ifup · f4e8ab7c
    Bernard Blackham authored
    The smsc95xx driver currently generates a new random MAC address
    every time the interface is brought up. This makes it impossible to
    override using the standard `ifconfig hw ether` approach.
    
    Past patches tried to make the MAC address a module parameter or
    base it off the die ID, but it seems to me much simpler (and
    hopefully less controversial) to stick with the current random
    generation scheme, but allow the user to change the address.
    
    This patch does exactly that - it moves the random address
    generation from smsc95xx_reset() into smsc95xx_bind(), so that it is
    done once on module load, not on every ifup. The user can then
    override this using the standard mechanisms.
    
    Applies against 2.6.35 and linux-2.6 head.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBernard Blackham <b-omap@largestprime.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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