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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c11
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 9fd516e8bb10..18eb5ba436df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-// randomly generated ethernet address
-static u8 node_id [ETH_ALEN];
-
/* use ethtool to change the level for any given device */
static int msg_level = -1;
module_param (msg_level, int, 0);
@@ -1725,7 +1722,6 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
dev->net = net;
strscpy(net->name, "usb%d", sizeof(net->name));
- eth_hw_addr_set(net, node_id);
/* rx and tx sides can use different message sizes;
* bind() should set rx_urb_size in that case.
@@ -1801,9 +1797,9 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
goto out4;
}
- /* let userspace know we have a random address */
- if (ether_addr_equal(net->dev_addr, node_id))
- net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
+ /* this flags the device for user space */
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(net->dev_addr))
+ eth_hw_addr_random(net);
if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_WLAN) != 0)
SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(net, &wlan_type);
@@ -2211,7 +2207,6 @@ static int __init usbnet_init(void)
BUILD_BUG_ON(
sizeof_field(struct sk_buff, cb) < sizeof(struct skb_data));
- eth_random_addr(node_id);
return 0;
}
module_init(usbnet_init);