RE: [PATCH] r8152: Add support for setting MAC to system's Auxiliary MAC address

[<Mario_Limonciello-DYMqY+WieiM@public.gmane.org>]

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> From: Hayes Wang [mailto:hayeswang-Rasf1IRRPZFBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org]
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> Subject: RE: [PATCH] r8152: Add support for setting MAC to system's
> Auxiliary MAC address
> 
> Mario_Limonciello-DYMqY+WieiM@public.gmane.org [mailto:Mario_Limonciello-DYMqY+WieiM@public.gmane.org]
> > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2016 12:58 AM
> [...]
> > > Why generate a random one and not just use the one that the network
> > > controler already provides?
> >
> > That's how the flow works in r8152 already and I'm not overriding it.
> > Again, I'll send V2 and you'll see what I did.
> 
> The original flows are
> 1. Read MAC address 1 from device.
> 2. Check if the MAC address 1 is valid.
> 3. Use random MAC address if MAC address 1 is invalid.
> 
> However, your flow would be
> 1. Read MAC address 1 from device.
> 2. Read MAC address 2 from ACPI.
> 3. Check if the MAC address 2 is valid.
> 4. Use random MAC address if MAC address 2 is invalid.
> 
> Although MAC address 2 may be invalid, MAC address 1 may be valid.
> For this situation, you have to use MAC address 1, not random one.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Hayes

Hi Hayes,

Once I get information about how to read docking bit, I'll adjust that for v3
to ensure that it falls back to MAC address 1 if #2 is invalid.

Thanks
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