# Re: RFC: Platform data for onboard USB assets

- From: Mark Brown \<hidden\>
- Date: 2011-03-18 18:25:25 
- List: linux-devicetree
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-devicetree/2011/03/3691645
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/lkml/2011/03/3688678/t/2.md

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On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 01:20:12PM -0500, David Anders wrote:

> if you grep in drivers/net you will find a wide range of network
> devices that use the random_ether_addr() function:

This is a slightly different case to the one where device tree is most
useful which is the case where there is a MAC assigned to the system but
it's been stored in an alternative location and needs to be programmed
into the NIC by software.
```