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@@ -5623,7 +5623,8 @@ o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
warning is printed.
o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
- is raised.
+ is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
+ a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This