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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c16
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
index 3bae01f4669b..9b526da79af7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
@@ -648,12 +648,10 @@ static void octeon_mgmt_set_rx_filtering(struct net_device *netdev)
static int octeon_mgmt_set_mac_address(struct net_device *netdev, void *addr)
{
- struct sockaddr *sa = addr;
+ int r = eth_mac_addr(netdev, addr);
- if (!is_valid_ether_addr(sa->sa_data))
- return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
-
- memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+ if (r)
+ return r;
octeon_mgmt_set_rx_filtering(netdev);
@@ -1545,8 +1543,12 @@ static int __devinit octeon_mgmt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
mac = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
- if (mac)
- memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, mac, 6);
+ if (mac && is_valid_ether_addr(mac)) {
+ memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
+ netdev->addr_assign_type &= ~NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
+ } else {
+ eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
+ }
p->phy_np = of_parse_phandle(pdev->dev.of_node, "phy-handle", 0);