From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 029EBC43461 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2020 16:22:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACAC1208C7 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2020 16:22:25 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1599495745; bh=Y2BCiy3yY3A8EA1BKUV6pwWXEjyt+rKSZq5t8blyh7o=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=LN8xMOrl6ZhTCnyLz/vJuPR+xnAtxQQQZ4pYgERD/zr6q2XAYwNnt3mqCm3n6f8mt Wnzu0mOttyugb2JFe+06/h9ICRUquyIQfZdIaebrPvYP54rvS7VUiEwwXkeQTw8Wh0 x6DYxk4S2V6T9fKLRsEKituJAuJ89suoxQMiu1D4= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729952AbgIGQV7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2020 12:21:59 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:33338 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730392AbgIGQNT (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2020 12:13:19 -0400 Received: from pali.im (pali.im [31.31.79.79]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B65F42177B; Mon, 7 Sep 2020 16:13:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1599495198; bh=Y2BCiy3yY3A8EA1BKUV6pwWXEjyt+rKSZq5t8blyh7o=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=oDw/uPsjjNA0Nm8ITp0ewceSgTabCRG82GhfX4iODt2TB8ksREiRxLG0Klr+YyT5r Tx8yTB23Y1DfHOLMa/6uLxGv8dvX3XlGjriewrClTrSx5s0nfdQlQ7oSVv4iieS7n3 MtXvWlBkiQ3srsYSH2cUrxvyZGUf1eACwVu5ebak= Received: by pali.im (Postfix) id 670FC814; Mon, 7 Sep 2020 18:13:16 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 18:13:16 +0200 From: Pali =?utf-8?B?Um9ow6Fy?= To: Andrew Lunn Cc: Jason Cooper , Gregory Clement , Sebastian Hesselbarth , Rob Herring , Tomasz Maciej Nowak , Andre Heider , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: marvell: espressobin: Add ethernet switch aliases Message-ID: <20200907161316.xd5svvahi5xusdlw@pali> References: <20200907112718.5994-1-pali@kernel.org> <20200907144228.GV3112546@lunn.ch> <20200907145213.fwlyz4k6scible7x@pali> <20200907154353.GW3112546@lunn.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200907154353.GW3112546@lunn.ch> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 Sender: devicetree-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Monday 07 September 2020 17:43:53 Andrew Lunn wrote: > > I would not say it is a "new feature". But rather that patch in this > > email fixes issue that Linux kernel did not set correct MAC address for > > DSA slave ports. I think it is something which could be backported also > > to stable releases as "ignoring" vendor/factory MAC address is not > > correct behavior. > > Hi Pali > > The rules for stable are here: > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.8/process/stable-kernel-rules.html > > Do you think it fits? > > Andrew Hello Andrew! I think it fits into those rules. As I wrote it fixes real bug that Linux kernel does not use correct MAC address for particular DSA slaves / ethernet ports. But if you or other people have opposite opinion I will of course respect it.