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From: Chukun Pan <amadeus@jmu.edu.cn>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] riscv: dts: spacemit: set ETH MAC from eeprom for OrangePi
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:40:20 +0800
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Hi,

> So checked the code, it's not a direct problem of /alias, but due to the
> env variable provided to override the mac address, see

> In this case, I don't think it's necessary to drop the ethernet alias,
> I mean it's totally fine if there is uboot ethaddr env and it wins

Once U-Boot overwrites the MAC address in the DT, of_get_mac_address()
will return 0, and of_get_mac_address_nvmem() will not be called.
Then I think this patch is useless.

Thanks,
Chukun