[PATCH u-boot 4/5] net: Implement random ethaddr fallback in eth.c
Cyril Bur
cyrilbur at gmail.com
Tue Mar 15 11:21:33 AEDT 2016
On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:40:43 -0600
OpenBMC Patches <openbmc-patches at stwcx.xyz> wrote:
> From: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com>
>
> Commit bef1014b31c5b33052bcaa865ba3618d73e906f0 upstream.
>
> Backport changes CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR to CONFIG_RANDOM_MACADDR,
> net_random_ethaddr to eth_random_enetaddr, and is_zero_ethaddr to
> is_zero_ether_addr, and keeps existing function order.
>
Should s/CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR/CONFIG_RANDOM_MACADDR/ have been done
everywhere? It would be best that the README files still reflect what the code
actually does no?
Cyril
> Upstream log:
>
> Implement the random ethaddr fallback in eth.c so it is in a common
> place and not reimplemented in each board or driver that wants this
> behavior.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>
> Signed-off-by: Milton D. Miller II <miltonm at us.ibm.com>
> ---
> README | 3 ++-
> doc/README.enetaddr | 2 ++
> net/eth.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
> 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index bcfffc3..e06dc8a 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -4764,7 +4764,8 @@ o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
> warning is printed.
>
> o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
> - is raised.
> + is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
> + a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
>
> If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
> will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
> diff --git a/doc/README.enetaddr b/doc/README.enetaddr
> index 1eaeaf9..611d5a4 100644
> --- a/doc/README.enetaddr
> +++ b/doc/README.enetaddr
> @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Correct flow of setting up the MAC address (summarized):
> environment variable will be used unchanged.
> If the environment variable is not set, it will be initialized from
> eth_device->enetaddr, and a warning will be printed.
> + If both are invalid and CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, a random,
> + locally-assigned MAC is written to eth_device->enetaddr.
> 4. Program the address into hardware if the following conditions are met:
> a) The relevant driver has a 'write_addr' function
> b) The user hasn't set an 'ethmacskip' environment variable
> diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
> index 321d5b1..22d5adb 100644
> --- a/net/eth.c
> +++ b/net/eth.c
> @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static int __def_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
> {
> return -1;
> }
> +
> int cpu_eth_init(bd_t *bis) __attribute__((weak, alias("__def_eth_init")));
> int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis) __attribute__((weak, alias("__def_eth_init")));
>
> @@ -214,7 +215,17 @@ int eth_write_hwaddr(struct eth_device *dev, const char *base_name,
> eth_setenv_enetaddr_by_index(base_name, eth_number,
> dev->enetaddr);
> printf("\nWarning: %s using MAC address from net device\n",
> - dev->name);
> + dev->name);
> + } else if (is_zero_ether_addr(dev->enetaddr)) {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_RANDOM_MACADDR
> + eth_random_enetaddr(dev->enetaddr);
> + printf("\nWarning: %s (eth%d) using random MAC address - %pM\n",
> + dev->name, eth_number, dev->enetaddr);
> +#else
> + printf("\nError: %s address not set.\n",
> + dev->name);
> + return -EINVAL;
> +#endif
> }
>
> if (dev->write_hwaddr &&
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