Re: [PATCH] r8169: Randomise invalid MAC addresses

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > 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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