@@ -3022,6 +3022,8 @@ static int nv_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
/* synchronized against open : rtnl_lock() held by caller */
memcpy(dev->dev_addr, macaddr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+ if (dev->addr_assign_type & NET_ADDR_RANDOM)
+ dev->addr_assign_type ^= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
if (netif_running(dev)) {
netif_tx_lock_bh(dev);
@@ -5741,7 +5743,7 @@ static int __devinit nv_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev, const struct pci_device_i
dev_err(&pci_dev->dev,
"Invalid MAC address detected: %pM - Please complain to your hardware vendor.\n",
dev->dev_addr);
- random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+ dev_hw_addr_random(dev, dev->dev_addr);
dev_err(&pci_dev->dev,
"Using random MAC address: %pM\n", dev->dev_addr);
}
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 <danny.kukawka@bisect.de> --- drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)