[PATCH net-next v4 14/20] net: axienet: Make missing MAC address non-fatal

[Robert Hancock]

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, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index fba59c5..7b38819 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -1733,8 +1733,9 @@ 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: 
%ld\n",
+                        PTR_ERR(mac_addr));
+               mac_addr = NULL;
        }
        axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);
 
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