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authorJoe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>2015-05-04 14:55:13 -0500
committerJoe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>2015-05-19 13:33:21 -0500
commitbef1014b31c5b33052bcaa865ba3618d73e906f0 (patch)
treeb56bfdcf1466f142f2aeb4ed87cb6e6a87d73f24 /net
parentabbfcbe58eefc1accda5dd120fcfe58d244b63dd (diff)
net: Implement random ethaddr fallback in eth.c
Implement the random ethaddr fallback in eth.c so it is in a common place and not reimplemented in each board or driver that wants this behavior. Signed-off-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/Kconfig8
-rw-r--r--net/eth.c12
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 22b9eaac53a..a2bd4fe580b 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -7,4 +7,12 @@ menuconfig NET
if NET
+config NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR
+ bool "Random ethaddr if unset"
+ help
+ Selecting this will allow the Ethernet interface to function
+ even when the ethaddr variable for that interface is unset.
+ A new MAC address will be generated on every boot and it will
+ not be added to the environment.
+
endif # if NET
diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
index 04a544c872a..6c49db583b6 100644
--- a/net/eth.c
+++ b/net/eth.c
@@ -538,9 +538,15 @@ static int eth_post_probe(struct udevice *dev)
printf("\nWarning: %s using MAC address from ROM\n",
dev->name);
} else if (is_zero_ethaddr(pdata->enetaddr)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR
+ net_random_ethaddr(pdata->enetaddr);
+ printf("\nWarning: %s (eth%d) using random MAC address - %pM\n",
+ dev->name, dev->seq, pdata->enetaddr);
+#else
printf("\nError: %s address not set.\n",
dev->name);
return -EINVAL;
+#endif
}
return 0;
@@ -666,9 +672,15 @@ int eth_write_hwaddr(struct eth_device *dev, const char *base_name,
printf("\nWarning: %s using MAC address from net device\n",
dev->name);
} else if (is_zero_ethaddr(dev->enetaddr)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR
+ net_random_ethaddr(dev->enetaddr);
+ printf("\nWarning: %s (eth%d) using random MAC address - %pM\n",
+ dev->name, eth_number, dev->enetaddr);
+#else
printf("\nError: %s address not set.\n",
dev->name);
return -EINVAL;
+#endif
}
if (dev->write_hwaddr && !eth_mac_skip(eth_number)) {