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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 /doc/README.enetaddr
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>
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@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Correct flow of setting up the MAC address (summarized):
environment variable will be used unchanged.
If the environment variable is not set, it will be initialized from
eth_device->enetaddr, and a warning will be printed.
+ If both are invalid and CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, a random,
+ locally-assigned MAC is written to eth_device->enetaddr.
4. Program the address into hardware if the following conditions are met:
a) The relevant driver has a 'write_addr' function
b) The user hasn't set an 'ethmacskip' environment variable