Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:15:46 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] r8169: Randomise invalid MAC addresses |
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Hi!
> > If the default MAC address stored in the card is invalid, replace it > > with a random address and complain about it. > > See the discussion about the pch ethernet card. Detect the error and warn > about it, block opening it and let the user set it with ifconfig xx hw > aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
Kernel should provide hw abstraction, and that should mean doing something about commonly-bad ethernet cards.
Userspace does not quite cut it, think about nfsroot for example.
Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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