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r8169: add random MAC address fallback
authorHeiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Tue, 2 Jul 2019 18:46:09 +0000 (20:46 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 2 Jul 2019 22:28:19 +0000 (15:28 -0700)
commit3eb59a458902b61372f2c3d9a73345f362045ef9
tree4427127f8e095f8124325f90b17799c5e3e4cfe6tree | snapshot
parent9b082300664835dd6d52884e6c349f53e4dd8705commit | diff
r8169: add random MAC address fallback

It was reported that the GPD MicroPC is broken in a way that no valid
MAC address can be read from the network chip. The vendor driver deals
with this by assigning a random MAC address as fallback. So let's do
the same.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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