From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/3] e1000e: use alternate MAC address on ESB2 if available Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:32:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20100113.203206.226471517.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20100113120416.23715.64354.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, bruce.w.allan@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:38005 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751292Ab0ANEb5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:31:57 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20100113120416.23715.64354.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:04:58 -0800 > From: Bruce Allan > > Similar to 82571/2/3 parts that already do this, if ESB2/80003es2lan parts > have an alternate MAC address provided in the EEPROM use it instead of the > default MAC address. This patch makes the the actual code that does this > generic so that it can be better used by both MAC families. > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.