From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 989DCC169C4 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2019 21:40:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E902218D3 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2019 21:40:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726655AbfBFVkp (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2019 16:40:45 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:36604 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726496AbfBFVkp (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2019 16:40:45 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f80:35cd::bf5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 702F51401292D; Wed, 6 Feb 2019 13:40:44 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:40:40 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20190206.134040.1416481524581342530.davem@davemloft.net> To: thierry.reding@gmail.com Cc: hkallweit1@gmail.com, andrew@lunn.ch, joe@perches.com, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, pauldzim@gmail.com, mkubecek@suse.cz, nic_swsd@realtek.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] r8169: Load MAC address from device tree if present From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20190206123018.24802-1-thierry.reding@gmail.com> References: <20190206123018.24802-1-thierry.reding@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:40:44 -0800 (PST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Thierry Reding Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 13:30:17 +0100 > From: Thierry Reding > > If the system was booted using a device tree and if the device tree > contains a MAC address, use it instead of reading one from the EEPROM. > This is useful in situations where the EEPROM isn't properly programmed > or where the firmware wants to override the existing MAC address. > > Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding Applied.