From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: icenowy@aosc.io (icenowy at aosc.io) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:04:24 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 0/3] Add ethernet0 alias for several A64 boards In-Reply-To: <20170724075823.7ttjq4tnvoupo776@flea> References: <20170722022852.7868-1-icenowy@aosc.io> <20170724075823.7ttjq4tnvoupo776@flea> Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org ? 2017-07-24 15:58?Maxime Ripard ??? > On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 10:28:49AM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote: >> Allwinner A64 SoC has an EMAC which is used to provide Ethernet >> function on several boards. >> >> The EMAC itself doesn't have a fixed MAC address, but the sunxi >> mainline U-Boot have the ability to generate one based on the eFUSE >> SID in the chip, and add the generated MAC address to the device >> tree when booting. >> >> The MAC address setting step is based on the device tree's aliases, >> and device tree nodes prefixed "ethernet" will get the MAC address >> added. However, in several A64 boards' device tree, the alias is not >> set up, so that the U-Boot won't set the MAC address. >> >> Add the ethernet0 aliases to these boards. >> >> I hope this patchset can be queued in 4.13, otherwise 4.13 kernels >> won't get non-volatile MAC addresses, and will use random ones >> instead, which is annoying to many users. >> >> Icenowy Zheng (3): >> arm64: allwinner: a64: add ethernet0 alias for BPi M64 EMAC node >> arm64: allwinner: a64: add ethernet0 alias for Pine64 EMAC node >> arm64: allwinner: a64: add ethernet0 alias for SoPine EMAC node > > Applied all three, thanks! Sorry, but could you queue them to 4.13? Otherwise 4.13 kernel release will have annoying random MAC problem, which heavily affects headless usages. > Maxime > > _______________________________________________ > linux-arm-kernel mailing list > linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel