Re: [PATCH v2] net: cpsw: fix obtaining mac address for am3517

[Simon Horman]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 03:58:03PM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > * Jeroen Hofstee <jhofstee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [161028 11:19]:
> >> Hello Tony,
> >> 
> >> On 28-10-16 17:52, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >> > * Jeroen Hofstee <jhofstee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [161028 08:33]:
> >> > > Commit b6745f6e4e63 ("drivers: net: cpsw: davinci_emac: move reading mac
> >> > > id to common file") did not only move the code for an am3517, it also
> >> > > added the slave parameter, resulting in an invalid (all zero) mac address
> >> > > being returned for an am3517, since it only has a single emac and the slave
> >> > > parameter is pointing to the second. So simply always read the first and
> >> > > valid mac-address for a ti,am3517-emac.
> >> > And others davinci_emac.c users can have more than one. So is the
> >> > reason the slave parameter points to the second instance because
> >> > of the location in the hardware?
> >> 
> >> Sort of, the slave parameter gets determined by the fact if there is one
> >> or two register range(s) associated with the davinci_emac. In davinci_emac.c
> >> 
> >>     res_ctrl = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 1);
> >>     ...
> >>     rc = davinci_emac_try_get_mac(pdev, res_ctrl ? 0 : 1,
> >>                           priv->mac_addr);
> >> 
> >> So it there are two ranges, the slave param becomes 0. It there is only one,
> >> it
> >> will be 1. Since the am3517 only has a single regs entry it ends up with
> >> slave 1,
> >> while there is only a single davinci_emac.
> >
> > OK thanks for clarifying it:
> >
> > Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Is there some reason this patch was never picked up, or was it simply
> forgotten?

I feel like I am missing something here.

The patch possibly dates back to 2016 - but I can't tell because
lore.kernel.org doesn't know either.

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20161028155213.2t3nwwe3lqaynaer@xxxxxxxxxxx/

And I see you asked almost the same question in 2019.

If it is still relevant, perhaps it would be good to repost it
for review.