From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] au1000_eth: get ethernet address from platform_data Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:12:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100722.141201.16642235.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1279715450-28762-1-git-send-email-manuel.lauss@googlemail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: manuel.lauss@googlemail.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:59045 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752107Ab0GVVLo (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:11:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1279715450-28762-1-git-send-email-manuel.lauss@googlemail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Manuel Lauss Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:30:50 +0200 > au1000_eth uses firmware calls to get a valid MAC address, and changes > it depending on platform device id. This patch moves this logic out > of the driver into the platform device registration part, where boards > with supported chips can use whatever firmware interface they need; > the default implementation maintains compatibility with existing, > YAMON-based firmware. > > Tested-by: Wolfgang Grandegger > Acked-by: Florian Fainelli > Signed-off-by: Manuel Lauss > --- > This patch depends on another patch to the MIPS tree to > apply cleanly, so I'd prefer if it went in through it as well. Ok, feel free: Acked-by: David S. Miller