Re: [PATCH 23/50] efx: use dev_hw_addr_random() instead ofrandom_ether_addr()

[Ben Hutchings]

On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 22:10 +0100, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> Use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of calling random_ether_addr()
> to set addr_assign_type correctly to NET_ADDR_RANDOM.
> 
> Reset the state to NET_ADDR_PERM as soon as the MAC get
> changed via .ndo_set_mac_address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c |    4 +++-
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
> index e43702f..cce339a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
> @@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ static int efx_probe_port(struct efx_nic *efx)
>  			rc = -EINVAL;
>  			goto err;
>  		}
> -		random_ether_addr(efx->net_dev->dev_addr);
> +		dev_hw_addr_random(efx->net_dev, efx->net_dev->dev_addr);
>  		netif_info(efx, probe, efx->net_dev,
>  			   "using locally-generated MAC %pM\n",
>  			   efx->net_dev->dev_addr);
[...]

This code no longer exists in net-next.

Ben.

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