RESEND: [PATCH v3 net-next] sky2: use random address if EEPROM is bad
On some embedded systems the EEPROM does not contain a valid MAC address. In that case it is better to fallback to a generated mac address and let init scripts fix the value later. Reported-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> [Changed handcoded setup to use eth_hw_addr_random() and to save new address into HW] Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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