Re: [PATCH] pch_gbe: Use a randomly generated MAC instead of failing probe

On 1/16/2012 7:42 AM, Darren Hart wrote:

One reason I don't care for this alternative approach is that this
particular hardware is targeted at embedded use where we can't assume a
full init system is available, etc. It can be made to work of course, it
just isn't as automated.

the tricky thing with embedded hw like this is that all devices might
end up with the same, read-only filesystem, so storing the mac on the FS
and then loading it from there into the HW is... suboptimal.

Would be very nice if busybox had a command that would check the mac
from each IF, and created the random mac from userspace automatically...