net: axienet: Make missing MAC address non-fatal (d05a9ed5) · Commits · 戴 / test

Failing initialization on a missing MAC address property is excessive. We can just fall back to using a random MAC instead, which at least leaves the interface in a functioning state. Signed-off-by:

Robert Hancock <hancock@sedsystems.ca> Signed-off-by:

David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c

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		@@ -1733,8 +1733,9 @@ static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
		/* Retrieve the MAC address */
		mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
		if (IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address\n");
		goto free_netdev;
		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "could not find MAC address property: %ld\n",
		PTR_ERR(mac_addr));
		mac_addr = NULL;
		}
		axienet_set_mac_address(ndev, mac_addr);

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