[PATCH] ARM: dts: imx: Add alias for ethernet controller

[marex@denx.de (Marek Vasut)]

On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 05:03:38 AM, Shawn Guo wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 04:10:26AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > On Monday, March 24, 2014 at 02:49:38 AM, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 01:37:09AM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > On Friday, February 28, 2014 at 12:58:41 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > Add alias for FEC ethernet on i.MX to allow bootloaders (like
> > > > > U-Boot) patch-in the MAC address for FEC using this alias.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> > > > > Cc: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@linaro.org>
> > > > 
> > > > Bump ?
> > > 
> > > Sorry.  I had actually applied the patch but forgot replying.
> > 
> > Hello Shawn,
> > 
> > I'd like to apply this patch for 3.14-stable , are you OK with this
> > please ? Shall I submit it ?
> 
> I do not see why this is a stable material.  But you do not need my
> approval to send patch for stable kernel.  The person you need to
> convince is Greg.

Without this patch, you will not get a mac address patched into the DT by the 
bootloader. Therefore, your device will use a random mac address on the network 
which is different on every boot. This is not a good thing, don't you agree?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut