git: 55747938b5c4 - main - if_re: Generate an address if there is none in the EEPROM
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 22:56:08 UTC
The branch main has been updated by imp:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=55747938b5c4c913f742fd03189f0c660ced7bef
commit 55747938b5c4c913f742fd03189f0c660ced7bef
Author: Evgeni Golov <evgeni@debian.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-02-27 22:50:56 +0000
Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-02-27 22:51:27 +0000
if_re: Generate an address if there is none in the EEPROM
There exists hardware that has no ethernet address burned into
the EEPROM. Loading if_re on such a HW brings the device up
with '00:00:00:00:00:00' as the address, and that doesn't get
you too far in a real network.
PR: 262406
Reviewed by: imp
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/670
Signed-off-by: Evgeni Golov <evgeni@debian.org>
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34485
---
sys/dev/re/if_re.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sys/dev/re/if_re.c b/sys/dev/re/if_re.c
index aaf3860fcc48..734760898e55 100644
--- a/sys/dev/re/if_re.c
+++ b/sys/dev/re/if_re.c
@@ -1674,6 +1674,11 @@ re_attach(device_t dev)
goto fail;
}
+ /* If address was not found, create one based on the hostid and name. */
+ if (ETHER_IS_ZERO(eaddr)) {
+ ether_gen_addr(ifp, (struct ether_addr *)eaddr);
+ }
+
/*
* Call MI attach routine.
*/