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net: axienet: use eth_hw_addr_random()

Message ID 20170228112112.29450-1-tklauser@distanz.ch
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Commit Message

Tobias Klauser Feb. 28, 2017, 11:21 a.m. UTC
Use eth_hw_addr_random() to set a random MAC address in order to make
sure ndev->addr_assign_type will be properly set to NET_ADDR_RANDOM.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

David Miller March 7, 2017, 1:16 a.m. UTC | #1
From: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:21:12 +0100

> Use eth_hw_addr_random() to set a random MAC address in order to make
> sure ndev->addr_assign_type will be properly set to NET_ADDR_RANDOM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>

Applied to net-next, thanks.
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index b96e96919e31..33c595f4691d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@  static void axienet_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev,
 	if (address)
 		memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, address, ETH_ALEN);
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
-		eth_random_addr(ndev->dev_addr);
+		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 
 	/* Set up unicast MAC address filter set its mac address */
 	axienet_iow(lp, XAE_UAW0_OFFSET,