[PATCH 1/6] ARM: dts: hix5hd2: add gmac node

[mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 04:01:32PM +0100, zhangfei wrote:
> 
> 
> On 08/27/2014 10:54 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 01:38:29PM +0100, Zhangfei Gao wrote:
> >> Signed-off-by: Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@linaro.org>
> >> ---
> >>   arch/arm/boot/dts/hisi-x5hd2-dkb.dts |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>   arch/arm/boot/dts/hisi-x5hd2.dtsi    |   16 ++++++++++++++++
> >>   2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/hisi-x5hd2-dkb.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/hisi-x5hd2-dkb.dts
> >> index 05b44c2..0344de0 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/hisi-x5hd2-dkb.dts
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/hisi-x5hd2-dkb.dts
> >> @@ -51,3 +51,29 @@
> >>   &uart0 {
> >>   	status = "okay";
> >>   };
> >> +
> >> +&gmac0 {
> >> +	#address-cells = <1>;
> >> +	#size-cells = <0>;
> >> +	phy-handle = <&phy2>;
> >> +	phy-mode = "mii";
> >> +	mac-address = [00 00 00 00 00 00];
> >
> > If this is just so space is pre-allocated for the bootloader to patch
> > this, please place a comment to that effect.
> >
> > Otherwise that doesn't look right.
> 
> Yes, it is placeholder, bootloader will overwrite field.
> 
> Also net driver will use random address if if not valid addr.
> if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
> 	eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);	

Sure. All I'm asking for is to have something like:

/* Placeholder, overwritten by bootloader */
mac-address = [00 00 00 00 00 00];

Cheers,
Mark.