Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pch_gbe: Use a randomly generated MAC instead of failing probe | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:29:25 -0800 |
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On Sat, 2012-01-14 at 11:56 -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com> > Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:54:27 -0800 > > In any case, with existing hardware out there that is unusable with the > > current pch_gbe driver, can we consider this workaround for inclusion? > I fear that people are just going to add this random MAC stuff way too > easily, it's a spreading disease. > Ship functional hardware instead.
Good advice, but that's _hard_.
Working systems are nearly always some combination of hardware/firmware/software defect workarounds.
Anyway, perhaps setting random_ether_addr like this should be in some generic routine with a standardized "avoid buying bad hardware" output logging message.
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