On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 10:10:57AM +0100, Michael Walle wrote:
Hi Ramon,
Am 2021-11-09 14:55, schrieb Michael Walle:
Am 2021-11-04 22:00, schrieb Ramon Fried:
What's the verdict ? We're keeping this patch ?
There was a good point from Grygorii: linux might deal in its own way with missing ethernet addresses (and warn the user about it because its usually an error).
And IMHO that net list can be fixed in a different way.
If this patch is accepted, it should be clearly documented in the Kconfig help text. And as I said, it changes behavior.
So this patch now in your pull request. Why are you even asking then?
So, to quote lib/Kconfig: config NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR bool "Random ethaddr if unset" help Selecting this will allow the Ethernet interface to function even when the ethaddr variable for that interface is unset. A new MAC address will be generated on every boot and it will not be added to the environment.
We need either a re-spin or follow-up as we're changing the documented behavior. And as I mentioned in the other thread related on-going thread, perhaps "ethmacskip" should play a role in preserving existing behavior?