From 4eb3f195ef08c5acaed87958297e41cc49588dde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ivan Delalande Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:47:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] tg3: use random MAC address when tg3_get_device_address fails Some of the tg3 NICs we use (BCM57762) reset the SRAM MAC address to the placeholder address on link flaps, tg3_chip_reset, etc. We've typically fixed it from userspace, but since e4c00ba7274b ("tg3: replace placeholder MAC address with device property") was merged, tg3 just fails probe as we don't have a way to get it through the generic device_get_mac_address infrastructure as fallback on our systems. Make the driver assign a random address in this condition instead of being fatal for probe. Set deferred_probe_reason through dev_warn_probe if the address isn't yet available from the provider. Fixes: e4c00ba7274b ("tg3: replace placeholder MAC address with device property") Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260909191751.651aa5c4@kernel.org/ Signed-off-by: Ivan Delalande Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260918224715.GA654128@visor Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c index caa7a6caa6e2..8b6806a79edf 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c @@ -17915,11 +17915,14 @@ static int tg3_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, err = tg3_get_device_address(tp, addr); if (err) { - dev_err(&pdev->dev, - "Could not obtain valid ethernet address, aborting\n"); - goto err_out_apeunmap; + dev_warn_probe(&pdev->dev, err, + "Could not obtain a valid ethernet address\n"); + if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER) + goto err_out_apeunmap; + eth_hw_addr_random(dev); + } else { + eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr); } - eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr); intmbx = MAILBOX_INTERRUPT_0 + TG3_64BIT_REG_LOW; rcvmbx = MAILBOX_RCVRET_CON_IDX_0 + TG3_64BIT_REG_LOW;