Re: [PATCH] r8169: Randomise invalid MAC addresses

Hi!

quoted

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
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