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Re: [Patch v3 08/11] net: ethernet: xilinx: Generate random mac if none found

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Hello.

On 8/31/2016 7:35 PM, Zubair Lutfullah Kakakhel wrote:

> At the moment, if the emaclite device doesn't find a mac address
> from any source, it simply uses 0x0 with a warning printed.
>
> Instead of using a 0x0 mac address, use a randomly generated one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zubair Lutfullah Kakakhel <Zubair.Kakakhel@imgtec.com>
[...]

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
> index 3cee84a..22e5a5a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
> @@ -1134,8 +1134,10 @@ static int xemaclite_of_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
>  	if (mac_address)
>  		/* Set the MAC address. */
>  		memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_address, ETH_ALEN);
> -	else
> -		dev_warn(dev, "No MAC address found\n");
> +	else {
> +		dev_warn(dev, "No MAC address found. Generating Random one\n");
> +		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
> +	}

    All branches of the *if* statement should have {} if at least one has 
them, see Documentation/CodingStyle, chaoter 3.

[...]

MBR, Sergei

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[Patch v3 08/11] net: ethernet: xilinx: Generate random mac if none found Zubair Lutfullah Kakakhel <Zubair.Kakakhel@imgtec.com> - 2016-08-31 18:40 +0200
  Re: [Patch v3 08/11] net: ethernet: xilinx: Generate random mac if  none found Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2016-09-01 13:00 +0200
    Re: [Patch v3 08/11] net: ethernet: xilinx: Generate random mac if  none found Zubair Lutfullah Kakakhel <Zubair.Kakakhel@imgtec.com> - 2016-09-01 17:40 +0200

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