[U-Boot] [PATCH] net: dm9000: random mac address support

Andrew Ruder andrew.ruder at elecsyscorp.com
Wed Oct 23 02:09:02 CEST 2013


When an unprogrammed EEPROM is attached to a dm9000, the dm9000 will
come up with a invalid MAC address of ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.  Add code that
gets enabled if CONFIG_RANDOM_MACADDR is enabled that generates a random
(and valid) locally administered MAC address that allows the system to
network boot until a real MAC address can be configured.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Ruder <andrew.ruder at elecsyscorp.com>
---
 drivers/net/dm9000x.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000x.c b/drivers/net/dm9000x.c
index f7170e0..b68d808 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000x.c
@@ -342,6 +342,15 @@ static int dm9000_init(struct eth_device *dev, bd_t *bd)
 	DM9000_iow(DM9000_ISR, ISR_ROOS | ISR_ROS | ISR_PTS | ISR_PRS);
 
 	printf("MAC: %pM\n", dev->enetaddr);
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->enetaddr)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_RANDOM_MACADDR
+		printf("Bad MAC address (uninitialized EEPROM?), randomizing\n");
+		eth_random_enetaddr(dev->enetaddr);
+		printf("MAC: %pM\n", dev->enetaddr);
+#else
+		printf("WARNING: Bad MAC address (uninitialized EEPROM?)\n");
+#endif
+	}
 
 	/* fill device MAC address registers */
 	for (i = 0, oft = DM9000_PAR; i < 6; i++, oft++)
-- 
1.8.4.rc3



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