Ohai, there exists hardware (like [1]) that has no ethernet address burned into the EEPROM. Loading if_re on such a HW brings the device up with '00:00:00:00:00:00' as the address, and that doesn't get you too far in a real network. Other drivers use ether_gen_addr(9) in such cases, to generate an address, and so should if_re, I think? Probably something like this (untested yet): diff --git sys/dev/re/if_re.c sys/dev/re/if_re.c index 5d1446e51ab..7905740a930 100644 --- sys/dev/re/if_re.c +++ sys/dev/re/if_re.c @@ -1676,6 +1676,11 @@ re_attach(device_t dev) goto fail; } + /* If address was not found, create one based on the hostid and name. */ + if (ETHER_IS_ZERO(eaddr)) { + ether_gen_addr(ifp, eaddr); + } + /* * Call MI attach routine. */ Thanks! [1] https://www.dfrobot.com/product-2242.html
ether_gen_addr(ifp, (struct ether_addr *)eaddr); works much better if you cast properly (eaddr is a plain char array in if_re.c)
Created attachment 232309 [details] patch to use ether_gen_addr
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34485
> [1] https://www.dfrobot.com/product-2242.html The fix is simple, but still deserves a test on hardware such as mentioned [1].
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=55747938b5c4c913f742fd03189f0c660ced7bef commit 55747938b5c4c913f742fd03189f0c660ced7bef Author: Evgeni Golov <evgeni@debian.org> AuthorDate: 2023-02-27 22:50:56 +0000 Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-02-27 22:51:27 +0000 if_re: Generate an address if there is none in the EEPROM There exists hardware that has no ethernet address burned into the EEPROM. Loading if_re on such a HW brings the device up with '00:00:00:00:00:00' as the address, and that doesn't get you too far in a real network. PR: 262406 Reviewed by: imp Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/670 Signed-off-by: Evgeni Golov <evgeni@debian.org> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34485 sys/dev/re/if_re.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
this was merged and it's slated for MFC, so i think we can close it
^Triage: assign to committer to see if there is any mfc-stable13 interest.
A commit in branch stable/13 references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=fcb6cac22397ecfc3fa9eaa9957a86a2fb639c8f commit fcb6cac22397ecfc3fa9eaa9957a86a2fb639c8f Author: Evgeni Golov <evgeni@debian.org> AuthorDate: 2023-02-27 22:50:56 +0000 Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-02-19 02:52:41 +0000 if_re: Generate an address if there is none in the EEPROM There exists hardware that has no ethernet address burned into the EEPROM. Loading if_re on such a HW brings the device up with '00:00:00:00:00:00' as the address, and that doesn't get you too far in a real network. PR: 262406 Reviewed by: imp Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/670 Signed-off-by: Evgeni Golov <evgeni@debian.org> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34485 (cherry picked from commit 55747938b5c4c913f742fd03189f0c660ced7bef) sys/dev/re/if_re.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)