Dear Tom, In message <20211115150753.GL24579@bill-the-cat> you wrote: > > It might also be the case that in U-Boot some systems that are using > NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR that really probably shouldn't? A quick grep shows > 253 platforms enabling it today, which feels high for the number of > boards in the "we'll never have a valid MAC, need a random one" > category. Thinking out loud, perhaps we need an option for "no possible > valid MAC on board" and a different option for "random MAC for fall-back > only" ?
This is indeed obvious abuse of a feature which has been designed for a few specific use cases. It shpould be made clear that this is nothing to select without thinking. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [email protected] If you fail to plan, plan to fail.
