Hi Mike,
Am Sonntag 01 April 2012, 21:34:26 schrieb Mike Frysinger:
> On Saturday 31 March 2012 08:38:33 Michael Walle wrote:
> > --- a/include/net.h
> > +++ b/include/net.h
> >
> > in emergency cases, where you need a working network connection to seti
>
> "seti" -> "set"
>
> > + * Eg. you wan't a rescue boot and don't have a serial port to access
>
> "wan't" -> "want"
thanks ;)
> > +void eth_random_enetaddr(uchar *enetaddr)
> > +{
> > + uint32_t rval;
> > +
> > + srand(get_timer(0));
> > + rval = rand();
> > +
> > + enetaddr[0] = 0x02; /* locally administered */
> > + enetaddr[1] = 0x00;
> > + enetaddr[2] = 0x00;
> > + enetaddr[3] = rval & 0xff;
> > + enetaddr[4] = (rval >> 8) & 0xff;
> > + enetaddr[5] = (rval >> 16) & 0xff;
>
> why only extract 24 of the 32bits ?
couldn't find anything about OUIs and locally administered mac addresses,
therefore i set the OUI to 0. But as this mac generation only applies to
emergency cases, i guess it is better to have a smaller chance of duplicate
mac addresses.
> and if you add a 2nd rand() call, you
> could seed all 48bits easily.
yes, i'll rework that.
--
Michael
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