From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sasha Levin Subject: Re: [PATCH] [stable, netdev 4.4+] lan78xx: make sure RX_ADDRL & RX_ADDRH regs are always up to date Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 10:49:04 -0500 Message-ID: <20181108154904.GD8097@sasha-vm> References: <1541609457-28725-1-git-send-email-p.pisati@gmail.com> <20181108001751.GA8097@sasha-vm> <20181108110127.GA8415@harukaze> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Cc: Woojung Huh , Microchip Linux Driver Support , netdev@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Paolo Pisati Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181108110127.GA8415@harukaze> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 12:01:27PM +0100, Paolo Pisati wrote: >On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 07:17:51PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: >> So why not just take 760db29bdc completely? It looks safer than taking a >> partial backport, and will make applying future patches easier. >> >> I tried to do it and it doesn't look like there are any dependencies >> that would cause an issue. > >Somehow i was convinced it didn't build on 4.4.x... can you pick it up? > >commit 760db29bdc97b73ff60b091315ad787b1deb5cf5 >Author: Phil Elwell >Date: Thu Apr 19 17:59:38 2018 +0100 > > lan78xx: Read MAC address from DT if present > > There is a standard mechanism for locating and using a MAC address from > the Device Tree. Use this facility in the lan78xx driver to support > applications without programmed EEPROM or OTP. At the same time, > regularise the handling of the different address sources. > > Signed-off-by: Phil Elwell > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Can you confirm it actually works on 4.4? -- Thanks, Sasha