Instead of falling back to 00:00:00:00:00:00 generate a random address if none is provided via platform data or from the the device's register space.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koe...@pengutronix.de> --- drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c index db02bc2fb4b2..05d9d3e2e92e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c @@ -723,6 +723,12 @@ static int ax_init_dev(struct net_device *dev) ax->plat->mac_addr) memcpy(dev->dev_addr, ax->plat->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN); + if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) { + eth_hw_addr_random(dev); + dev_info(&dev->dev, "Using random MAC address: %pM\n", + dev->dev_addr); + } + ax_reset_8390(dev); ei_local->name = "AX88796"; -- 2.11.0