Comment 2 for bug 673504

There's a patch already that makes it possible to stick with only one mac address: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-maverick.git;a=commitdiff;h=10f38b455e75b85f72e98786e5518cf7b0324634;hp=f62e143182cc123fdfdf9bb88952a938af7d86e8

If you set smsc95xx.macaddr at the kernel cmdline, it should work already with the current kernel.

The problem I see here, that your patch helps solving, is that the mac address is regenerated on every ifdown/ifup when you don't explicit set it up at the kernel cmdline. This also makes it consistent with other drivers, and let people set the proper mac address with current known methods.

As it's also upstream, I don't see a reason not to take it. Will generate a new kernel deb file with the patch included, so we can test it before sending the SRU.