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From: marex@denx.de (Marek Vasut)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: mxs: m28evk: Disable OCOTP OUI loading
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:31:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201209201931.01206.marex@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <505B4BE0.2030702@free-electrons.com>

Dear Maxime Ripard,

> Le 20/09/2012 18:33, Marek Vasut a ?crit :
> > Dear Maxime Ripard,
> > 
> >> Hi Marek,
> >> 
> >> Le 20/09/2012 15:10, Marek Vasut a ?crit :
> >>>>> If barebox can't handle even basic DT fixup, it's broken.
> >>>> 
> >>>> It can. It maybe was just not needed up to now, dunno.
> >>> 
> >>> Fix it and send patch, so this problem doesn't spread.
> >> 
> >> I'm sorry, but you still miss the point.
> >> 
> >> If someone wants to use another bootloader than U-boot (or a possible
> >> patched barebox), or none other than the bootlets to boot directly the
> >> Linux (with an appended device tree), you will still have no way to get
> >> the NIC from the OCOTP, and I'm sorry, but it is just wrong.
> >> 
> >> The kernel shouldn't rely on a particular feature of a given bootloader.
> > 
> > So what do you think about this patch (skip loading from OCOTP if it's
> > already present in DT):
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c
> > index 71d47f5..4f014ef 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c
> > @@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ static void __init update_fec_mac_prop(enum mac_oui
> > oui)
> > 
> >                 np = of_find_compatible_node(from, NULL,
> >                 "fsl,imx28-fec"); if (!np)
> >                 
> >                         return;
> > 
> > +
> > +               if (of_get_property(np, "local-mac-address", NULL))
> > +                       continue;
> > +
> > 
> >                 from = np;
> >                 
> >                 newmac = kzalloc(sizeof(*newmac) + 6, GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> That definitely looks like the best solution, yes.

Two things I'm not sure about:

1) Use of_get_property() for this task or some other of_*() ?
2) I'll send it as a separate patch

Thanks!

> You can add my Acked-by if you want.
> 
> Maxime

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-20 17:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-18 22:37 [PATCH] ARM: mxs: m28evk: Disable OCOTP OUI loading Marek Vasut
2012-09-19  3:15 ` Shawn Guo
2012-09-19  9:43   ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-19 10:33   ` Maxime Ripard
2012-09-19 10:50     ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-19 11:02       ` Maxime Ripard
2012-09-19 11:25         ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-19 11:44           ` Maxime Ripard
2012-09-19 11:51             ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-20 10:47           ` Wolfram Sang
2012-09-20 12:20             ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-20 12:56               ` Wolfram Sang
2012-09-20 13:10                 ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-20 13:53                   ` Maxime Ripard
2012-09-20 14:24                     ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-20 15:10                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-09-20 15:24                       ` Gregory CLEMENT
2012-09-20 15:31                         ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-20 17:09                         ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-09-20 16:33                     ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-20 17:01                       ` Maxime Ripard
2012-09-20 17:31                         ` Marek Vasut [this message]
2012-09-19 14:17 ` Shawn Guo

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