Liviu Dudau <liviu.du...@arm.com> : > On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 05:40:57PM +0100, Stephen Hemminger wrote: [...] > > Yes, I can see that this can be a real problem, and other drivers > > solve the problem. The standard method is to assign a random mac address > > (and then let scripts overwrite) rather than introducing module parameter. > > Module parameters are discouraged because they are device specific. > > > > I agree. However, in my case, the boards people have assigned MAC addresses > to the chip, they just didn't built the board in such a way as to allow one > to store that MAC address in a permanent way :( And no, I can't use the DT > because the chip is actually on the PCIe bus. > > Even with the generation of a random address, it still needs to be copied > into the device, so I would guess that a version of the patch I've sent is > still relevant?
Assuming a random address is generated, could you elaborate what is needed that sky2_set_mac_address fails to provide ? -- Ueimor -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
