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[PATCH 23/50] efx: use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of random_ether_addr()

From: Danny Kukawka <hidden>
Date: 2012-02-08 21:21:10
Also in: lkml
Subsystem: networking drivers, sfc network driver, the rest · Maintainers: Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Edward Cree, Linus Torvalds

Use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of calling random_ether_addr()
to set addr_assign_type correctly to NET_ADDR_RANDOM.

Reset the state to NET_ADDR_PERM as soon as the MAC get
changed via .ndo_set_mac_address.

Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index e43702f..cce339a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ static int efx_probe_port(struct efx_nic *efx)
 			rc = -EINVAL;
 			goto err;
 		}
-		random_ether_addr(efx->net_dev->dev_addr);
+		dev_hw_addr_random(efx->net_dev, efx->net_dev->dev_addr);
 		netif_info(efx, probe, efx->net_dev,
 			   "using locally-generated MAC %pM\n",
 			   efx->net_dev->dev_addr);
@@ -1858,6 +1858,8 @@ static int efx_set_mac_address(struct net_device *net_dev, void *data)
 	}
 
 	memcpy(net_dev->dev_addr, new_addr, net_dev->addr_len);
+	if (net_dev->addr_assign_type & NET_ADDR_RANDOM)
+		net_dev->addr_assign_type ^= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
 
 	/* Reconfigure the MAC */
 	mutex_lock(&efx->mac_lock);
-- 
1.7.7.3
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