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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index 85a06037b242..a667015be22a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,18 @@ static void fec_get_mac(struct net_device *ndev)
iap = &tmpaddr[0];
}
+ /*
+ * 5) random mac address
+ */
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(iap)) {
+ /* Report it and use a random ethernet address instead */
+ netdev_err(ndev, "Invalid MAC address: %pM\n", iap);
+ eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
+ netdev_info(ndev, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n",
+ ndev->dev_addr);
+ return;
+ }
+
memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, iap, ETH_ALEN);
/* Adjust MAC if using macaddr */