From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:50:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:41910 "EHLO h5.dl5rb.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S1493556AbZJLWuu (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:50:50 +0200 Received: from h5.dl5rb.org.uk (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by h5.dl5rb.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n9CMq4HI014223; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:52:05 +0200 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by h5.dl5rb.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n9CMq24o014221; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:52:02 +0200 Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:52:02 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Greg KH Cc: David Daney , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: octeon-ethernet: Assign proper MAC addresses. Message-ID: <20091012225202.GA14140@linux-mips.org> References: <1255374272-32757-1-git-send-email-ddaney@caviumnetworks.com> <20091012190407.GA24524@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091012190407.GA24524@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 24246 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:04:09PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:04:32PM -0700, David Daney wrote: > > Allocate MAC addresses using the same method as the bootloader. This > > avoids changing the MAC between bootloader and kernel operation as > > well as avoiding duplicates and use of addresses outside of the > > assigned range. > > > > Signed-off-by: David Daney > > --- > > > > This could merge via Ralf's tree as Octeon is MIPS based and all the > > rest of the Octeon patches seem to be going in this way. > > Fine with me. Thanks, applied. Ralf