Re: [PATCH] sky2: Add module parameter for passing the MAC address

[David Miller]

From: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed,  5 Aug 2015 16:50:54 +0100

> For designs where EEPROMs are not connected to PCI Yukon2
> chips we need to get the MAC address from the firmware.
> Add a module parameter called 'mac_address' for this. It
> will be used if no DT node can be found and the B2_MAC
> register holds an invalid value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@xxxxxxx>

Sorry, such module options are absolutely not allowed.

If an invalid MAC is present, it should be set to a random
one via eth_random_addr().
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