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boundary="===============5135236811027449755==" Sender: "linux-riscv" Errors-To: linux-riscv-bounces+linux-riscv=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org --===============5135236811027449755== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=095ac3c6058a4dc13a950a888a02e4afa37cd9095f0740980bfd89424564; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" --095ac3c6058a4dc13a950a888a02e4afa37cd9095f0740980bfd89424564 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi Chukun, On Wed Sep 23, 2026 at 2:40 PM +08, Chukun Pan wrote: > 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. Please check my reply in this thread [1]. Fetching the MAC address from the= bootloader is a permitted user override, which is not meant to be guaranteed or provided 10= 0% of the time. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/DLLPWUHF8WRQ.13YQTP32MG59Z@linux.spacemit= .com/ [1] --=20 Troy Mitchell --095ac3c6058a4dc13a950a888a02e4afa37cd9095f0740980bfd89424564 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iIMEABYKACsWIQSL4Ay2cExaPXAQcU2YCe+A+TM0LwUCarR7ow0caUB0cm95LXku b3JnAAoJEJgJ74D5MzQvlRABAKmj+L1V4Z5eC4+F9m0y5qC7dgH8ES0DV1DHZrpN lctUAQClrhCE5p5Rdjn9s6JZB7M2JKrP6IVzowMjcs5TbYmjBA== =x1MS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --095ac3c6058a4dc13a950a888a02e4afa37cd9095f0740980bfd89424564-- --===============5135236811027449755== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ linux-riscv mailing list linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-riscv --===============5135236811027449755==--