Index: linux-2.6.19/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/platform.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/platform.h
+++ linux-2.6.19/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/platform.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct mac_plat_info {
 	int phy_id;	/* ID of the connected PHY (PCB/platform dependent) */
 	int rxq_id;	/* Queue ID of the RX-free q*/
 	int txq_id;	/* Where to push the outgoing packets */
+	unsigned char hwaddr[6]; /* Desired hardware address */
 };
 
 
Index: linux-2.6.19/drivers/net/ixp4xx/mac_driver.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/drivers/net/ixp4xx/mac_driver.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/drivers/net/ixp4xx/mac_driver.c
@@ -189,6 +189,24 @@ static int ixmac_open (struct net_device
 	}
 	mac->rxq_pkt += RX_QUEUE_PREFILL;
 
+	/* printk(KERN_INFO "...Platform MAC=0x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x\n",
+		mac->plat->hwaddr[0],
+		mac->plat->hwaddr[1],
+		mac->plat->hwaddr[2],
+		mac->plat->hwaddr[3],
+		mac->plat->hwaddr[4],
+		mac->plat->hwaddr[5]
+	); */
+	/* Only use platform or random if there's currently no device hw addr */
+	if (is_zero_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
+		if (is_zero_ether_addr(mac->plat->hwaddr)) {
+			random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+			dev->dev_addr[5] = mac->plat->phy_id;
+		}
+		else
+			memcpy(dev->dev_addr, mac->plat->hwaddr, 6);
+	}
+
 	mac_init(mac);
 	npe_mh_set_rxqid(npe, mac->plat, RX_DONE_QID);
 	mac_set_uniaddr(dev);
@@ -434,9 +452,15 @@ static int mac_probe(struct platform_dev
 	 * following commands:
 	 * "ip link set address 02:03:04:04:04:01 dev eth0"
 	 * "ifconfig eth0 hw ether 02:03:04:04:04:07"
-	 */
-	random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
-	dev->dev_addr[5] = plat->phy_id;
+	*/
+/*     Note: moved to ixmac_open to allow notifiers to run for compiled in modules
+	if (is_zero_ether_addr(plat->hwaddr)) {
+		random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+		dev->dev_addr[5] = plat->phy_id;
+	}
+	else
+		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, plat->hwaddr, 6);
+*/
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO IXMAC_NAME " driver " IXMAC_VERSION
 			": %s on %s with PHY[%d] initialized\n",