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Subject[PATCH] net: systemport: Use eth_hw_addr_random
Use eth_hw_addr_random() instead of calling random_ether_addr().
Here, this change is setting addr_assign_type to NET_ADDR_RANDOM.

The Coccinelle semantic patch that performs this transformation
is as follows:

@@
identifier a,b;
@@

-random_ether_addr(a->b);
+eth_hw_addr_random(a);

Signed-off-by: Vaishali Thakkar <vthakkar1994@gmail.com>
---
Note that this patch is compile tested only and I have used file
drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c as a reference.
Also, original call didn't make assignment to NET_ADDR_RANDOM. So,
it would be good if someone can test this change.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
index 909ad7a..4566cdf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ static int bcm_sysport_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
macaddr = of_get_mac_address(dn);
if (!macaddr || !is_valid_ether_addr(macaddr)) {
dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "using random Ethernet MAC\n");
- random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+ eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
} else {
ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, macaddr);
}
--
1.9.1


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