From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751498AbcGLHCz (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2016 03:02:55 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f41.google.com ([74.125.82.41]:35595 "EHLO mail-wm0-f41.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750748AbcGLHCy (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2016 03:02:54 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:02:48 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?TWljaGHFgg==?= Pecio To: David Miller Cc: mario_limonciello@dell.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, anthony.wong@canonical.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND] r8152: Add support for setting pass through MAC address on RTL8153-AD Message-ID: <20160712090248.7b5633e5@sauron> In-Reply-To: <20160711.194246.742914205682079488.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1468285084-26557-1-git-send-email-mario_limonciello@dell.com> <20160711.194246.742914205682079488.davem@davemloft.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > From: Mario Limonciello > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:58:04 -0500 > > > The RTL8153-AD supports a persistent system specific MAC address. > > This means a device plugged into two different systems with host > > side support will show different (but persistent) MAC addresses. > > > > This information for the system's persistent MAC address is burned > > in when the system HW is built and available under \_SB.AMAC in the > > DSDT at runtime. > > > > This technology is currently implemented in the Dell TB15 and WD15 > > Type-C docks. More information is available here: > > http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/SLN301147 > > > > Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello > > Applied. Hi, Isn't it possible that the same ACPI name could be used for other vendor-specific extensions on other laptops and that r8152 will now wreak havoc there? Regards, MP