Failing initialization on a missing MAC address property is excessive.
We can just fall back to using a random MAC instead, which at least
leaves the interface in a functioning state.
Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <hanc...@sedsystems.ca>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index 398e7e6..ee3834b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static void axienet_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev,
{
struct axienet_local *lp = netdev_priv(ndev);
- if (address)
+ if (!IS_ERR(address))
memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, address, ETH_ALEN);
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
@@ -1722,8 +1722,7 @@ static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
/* Retrieve the MAC address */
mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
if (IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address\n");
- goto free_netdev;
+ dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address property\n");
}
axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);
--
1.8.3.1
