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[2a02:3100:a13e:400:6542:26c1:ff20:2eac]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-43d4fd2798bsm57854535e9.20.2025.03.22.06.04.47 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 22 Mar 2025 06:04:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <065dabff-dfcc-4a86-ba0e-e3d6de2d21fc@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 14:04:59 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: r8169: MAC address programmed by coreboot to onboard RTL8111F does not persist To: Paul Menzel , nic_swsd@realtek.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, LKML , Keith Hui References: <49df3c73-f253-4b48-b86d-fa8ec3a20d2c@molgen.mpg.de> Content-Language: en-US From: Heiner Kallweit Autocrypt: addr=hkallweit1@gmail.com; keydata= xsFNBF/0ZFUBEAC0eZyktSE7ZNO1SFXL6cQ4i4g6Ah3mOUIXSB4pCY5kQ6OLKHh0FlOD5/5/ sY7IoIouzOjyFdFPnz4Bl3927ClT567hUJJ+SNaFEiJ9vadI6vZm2gcY4ExdIevYHWe1msJF MVE4yNwdS+UsPeCF/6CQQTzHc+n7DomE7fjJD5J1hOJjqz2XWe71fTvYXzxCFLwXXbBiqDC9 dNqOe5odPsa4TsWZ09T33g5n2nzTJs4Zw8fCy8rLqix/raVsqr8fw5qM66MVtdmEljFaJ9N8 /W56qGCp+H8Igk/F7CjlbWXiOlKHA25mPTmbVp7VlFsvsmMokr/imQr+0nXtmvYVaKEUwY2g 86IU6RAOuA8E0J5bD/BeyZdMyVEtX1kT404UJZekFytJZrDZetwxM/cAH+1fMx4z751WJmxQ J7mIXSPuDfeJhRDt9sGM6aRVfXbZt+wBogxyXepmnlv9K4A13z9DVLdKLrYUiu9/5QEl6fgI kPaXlAZmJsQfoKbmPqCHVRYj1lpQtDM/2/BO6gHASflWUHzwmBVZbS/XRs64uJO8CB3+V3fa cIivllReueGCMsHh6/8wgPAyopXOWOxbLsZ291fmZqIR0L5Y6b2HvdFN1Xhc+YrQ8TKK+Z4R mJRDh0wNQ8Gm89g92/YkHji4jIWlp2fwzCcx5+lZCQ1XdqAiHQARAQABzSZIZWluZXIgS2Fs bHdlaXQgPGhrYWxsd2VpdDFAZ21haWwuY29tPsLBjgQTAQgAOBYhBGxfqY/yOyXjyjJehXLe ig9U8DoMBQJf9GRVAhsDBQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEHLeig9U8DoMSycQ AJbfg8HZEK0ljV4M8nvdaiNixWAufrcZ+SD8zhbxl8GispK4F3Yo+20Y3UoZ7FcIidJWUUJL axAOkpI/70YNhlqAPMsuudlAieeYZKjIv1WV5ucNZ3VJ7dC+dlVqQdAr1iD869FZXvy91KhJ wYulyCf+s4T9YgmLC6jLMBZghKIf1uhSd0NzjyCqYWbk2ZxByZHgunEShOhHPHswu3Am0ftt ePaYIHgZs+Vzwfjs8I7EuW/5/f5G9w1vibXxtGY/GXwgGGHRDjFM7RSprGOv4F5eMGh+NFUJ TU9N96PQYMwXVxnQfRXl8O6ffSVmFx4H9rovxWPKobLmqQL0WKLLVvA/aOHCcMKgfyKRcLah 57vGC50Ga8oT2K1g0AhKGkyJo7lGXkMu5yEs0m9O+btqAB261/E3DRxfI1P/tvDZpLJKtq35 dXsj6sjvhgX7VxXhY1wE54uqLLHY3UZQlmH3QF5t80MS7/KhxB1pO1Cpcmkt9hgyzH8+5org +9wWxGUtJWNP7CppY+qvv3SZtKJMKsxqk5coBGwNkMms56z4qfJm2PUtJQGjA65XWdzQACib 2iaDQoBqGZfXRdPT0tC1H5kUJuOX4ll1hI/HBMEFCcO8++Bl2wcrUsAxLzGvhINVJX2DAQaF aNetToazkCnzubKfBOyiTqFJ0b63c5dqziAgzsFNBF/0ZFUBEADF8UEZmKDl1w/UxvjeyAeX kghYkY3bkK6gcIYXdLRfJw12GbvMioSguvVzASVHG8h7NbNjk1yur6AONfbUpXKSNZ0skV8V fG+ppbaY+zQofsSMoj5gP0amwbwvPzVqZCYJai81VobefTX2MZM2Mg/ThBVtGyzV3NeCpnBa 8AX3s9rrX2XUoCibYotbbxx9afZYUFyflOc7kEpc9uJXIdaxS2Z6MnYLHsyVjiU6tzKCiVOU KJevqvzPXJmy0xaOVf7mhFSNQyJTrZpLa+tvB1DQRS08CqYtIMxRrVtC0t0LFeQGly6bOngr ircurWJiJKbSXVstLHgWYiq3/GmCSx/82ObeLO3PftklpRj8d+kFbrvrqBgjWtMH4WtK5uN5 1WJ71hWJfNchKRlaJ3GWy8KolCAoGsQMovn/ZEXxrGs1ndafu47yXOpuDAozoHTBGvuSXSZo ythk/0EAuz5IkwkhYBT1MGIAvNSn9ivE5aRnBazugy0rTRkVggHvt3/7flFHlGVGpBHxFUwb /a4UjJBPtIwa4tWR8B1Ma36S8Jk456k2n1id7M0LQ+eqstmp6Y+UB+pt9NX6t0Slw1NCdYTW gJezWTVKF7pmTdXszXGxlc9kTrVUz04PqPjnYbv5UWuDd2eyzGjrrFOsJEi8OK2d2j4FfF++ AzOMdW09JVqejQARAQABwsF2BBgBCAAgFiEEbF+pj/I7JePKMl6Fct6KD1TwOgwFAl/0ZFUC GwwACgkQct6KD1TwOgxUfg//eAoYc0Vm4NrxymfcY30UjHVD0LgSvU8kUmXxil3qhFPS7KA+ y7tgcKLHOkZkXMX5MLFcS9+SmrAjSBBV8omKoHNo+kfFx/dUAtz0lot8wNGmWb+NcHeKM1eb nwUMOEa1uDdfZeKef/U/2uHBceY7Gc6zPZPWgXghEyQMTH2UhLgeam8yglyO+A6RXCh+s6ak Wje7Vo1wGK4eYxp6pwMPJXLMsI0ii/2k3YPEJPv+yJf90MbYyQSbkTwZhrsokjQEaIfjrIk3 rQRjTve/J62WIO28IbY/mENuGgWehRlTAbhC4BLTZ5uYS0YMQCR7v9UGMWdNWXFyrOB6PjSu Trn9MsPoUc8qI72mVpxEXQDLlrd2ijEWm7Nrf52YMD7hL6rXXuis7R6zY8WnnBhW0uCfhajx q+KuARXC0sDLztcjaS3ayXonpoCPZep2Bd5xqE4Ln8/COCslP7E92W1uf1EcdXXIrx1acg21 H/0Z53okMykVs3a8tECPHIxnre2UxKdTbCEkjkR4V6JyplTS47oWMw3zyI7zkaadfzVFBxk2 lo/Tny+FX1Azea3Ce7oOnRUEZtWSsUidtIjmL8YUQFZYm+JUIgfRmSpMFq8JP4VH43GXpB/S OCrl+/xujzvoUBFV/cHKjEQYBxo+MaiQa1U54ykM2W4DnHb1UiEf5xDkFd4= In-Reply-To: <49df3c73-f253-4b48-b86d-fa8ec3a20d2c@molgen.mpg.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 22.03.2025 09:50, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear Linux folks, > > > Keith Hui reported the issue *MAC address programmed by coreboot to onboard RTL8111F does not persist* [1] below when using coreboot: > Why do you consider this a bug? IOW: Where is it specified otherwise? >> I am producing a coreboot port on Asus P8Z77-V LE PLUS on which this >> issue is observed. It has a RTL8111F ethernet controller without >> EEPROM for vital product data. >> >> I enabled the rtl8168 driver in coreboot so I can configure the LEDs >> and MAC address. Lights work great, but the MAC address always >> revert to 00:00:00:00:00:05 by the Linux r8169 kernel module. I >> would then have to reassign its proper MAC address using ip link >> change eno0 address . >> r8169 in a first place reads the factory-programmed MAC from the chip. If this is 00:00:00:00:00:05, then this seems to be an issue with your board. >> The device appears to be taking the address I programmed, but r8169 >> reverts it both on init and teardown, insisting that >> 00:00:00:00:00:05 is its permanent MAC address. >> >> Survival of coreboot programmed MAC address before r8169 driver is >> confirmed by a debug read back I inserted in the coreboot rtl81xx >> driver, as well as by temporarily blacklisting r8169. >> >> Vendor firmware is unaffected. > What do you mean with this? What vendor firmware are you referring to? > Do you have an idea, where in the Linux driver that happens? > See rtl_init_mac_address() in r8169, and rtl8168_get_mac_address() in Realtek's r8168 driver. > > Kind regards, > > Paul > > > [1]: https://ticket.coreboot.org/issues/579#change-2029