From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@canonical.com>
Cc: kuba@kernel.org, henning.schild@siemens.com,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
hayeswang@realtek.com, tiwai@suse.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3 v3] net: usb: r8152: Check used MAC passthrough address
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 18:30:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YdXVoNFB/Asq6bc/@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220105151427.8373-1-aaron.ma@canonical.com>
On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 11:14:25PM +0800, Aaron Ma wrote:
> When plugin multiple r8152 ethernet dongles to Lenovo Docks
> or USB hub, MAC passthrough address from BIOS should be
> checked if it had been used to avoid using on other dongles.
>
> Currently builtin r8152 on Dock still can't be identified.
> First detected r8152 will use the MAC passthrough address.
I do have to wonder why you are doing this in the kernel, and not
using a udev rule? This seems to be policy, and policy does not belong
in the kernel.
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-05 17:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-05 15:14 [PATCH 1/3 v3] net: usb: r8152: Check used MAC passthrough address Aaron Ma
2022-01-05 15:14 ` [PATCH 2/3] net: usb: r8152: Set probe mode to sync Aaron Ma
2022-01-05 15:33 ` Greg KH
2022-01-05 15:14 ` [PATCH 3/3] net: usb: r8152: remove unused definition Aaron Ma
2022-01-05 15:34 ` Greg KH
2022-01-05 15:31 ` [PATCH 1/3 v3] net: usb: r8152: Check used MAC passthrough address Greg KH
2022-01-05 15:57 ` Henning Schild
2022-01-05 17:30 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2022-01-05 17:40 ` Henning Schild
2022-01-05 21:49 ` Oliver Neukum
2022-01-05 22:27 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-01-06 2:10 ` Kai-Heng Feng
2022-01-06 13:27 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-01-07 2:01 ` Kai-Heng Feng
2022-01-07 2:31 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-01-10 3:32 ` Kai-Heng Feng
2022-01-10 16:51 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-01-11 1:51 ` Kai-Heng Feng
2022-01-11 14:57 ` Limonciello, Mario
2022-01-11 16:26 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-01-11 16:33 ` Limonciello, Mario
2022-01-11 16:43 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-01-11 16:54 ` Limonciello, Mario
2022-01-11 17:06 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-01-11 17:10 ` Limonciello, Mario
2022-01-12 19:21 ` Henning Schild
2022-01-12 19:27 ` Limonciello, Mario
2022-01-13 3:23 ` Aaron Ma
2022-01-27 2:51 ` Aaron Ma
2022-01-27 8:06 ` Hayes Wang
2022-01-27 8:13 ` Aaron Ma
2022-01-27 8:42 ` Hayes Wang
2022-01-27 12:53 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-01-07 13:32 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-01-10 3:39 ` Kai-Heng Feng
2022-01-10 11:39 ` Oliver Neukum
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