r8169: add random MAC address fallback

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It was reported that the GPD MicroPC is broken in a way that no valid
MAC address can be read from the network chip. The vendor driver deals
with this by assigning a random MAC address as fallback. So let's do
the same.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Heiner Kallweit 2019-07-02 20:46:09 +02:00 • committed by David S. Miller

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drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c

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