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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c index 1f45f2a78829..25b8a3556004 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c @@ -2937,9 +2937,12 @@ static int emac_init_config(struct emac_instance *dev) /* Read MAC-address */ err = of_get_ethdev_address(np, dev->ndev); - if (err) - return dev_err_probe(&dev->ofdev->dev, err, - "Can't get valid [local-]mac-address from OF !\n"); + if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER) + return err; + if (err) { + dev_warn(&dev->ofdev->dev, "Can't get valid mac-address. Generating random."); + eth_hw_addr_random(dev->ndev); + } /* IAHT and GAHT filter parameterization */ if (emac_has_feature(dev, EMAC_FTR_EMAC4SYNC)) { |