[Maverick SRU][master][ti-omap4]: [PATCH] smsc95xx: generate random MAC address once, not every ifup

[Tim Gardner]

On 11/11/2010 07:24 AM, Ricardo Salveti de Araujo wrote:
> SRU Justification:
>
> Impact: The smsc95xx driver generates a new random MAC address on every
> ifdown/up instead of only one during driver's init, and doesn't let the user to
> set up the mac address using known methods like ifconfig usb0 hw ether<mac>.
>
> Fix: Just move the init_mac_address function to bind instead of reset.
>
> Testcase: The interface should keep the same generated mac address even when
> giving ifdown/up, and the user should be able to set up the mac address using
> 'ifconfig usb0 hw ether<mac>.
>
> Patch is already upstream as f4e8ab7, and is tested already with a compiled
> kernel deb with the fix included.

applied, packaged, and uploaded

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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com