Re: [PATCH V2] net: ethernet: davinci_emac: Use MAC Address from Device Tree

From: Jacob Keller
Date: Mon Oct 23 2023 - 20:14:42 EST




On 10/22/2023 8:19 AM, Adam Ford wrote:
> Currently there is a device tree entry called "local-mac-address"
> which can be filled by the bootloader or manually set.This is
> useful when the user does not want to use the MAC address
> programmed into the SoC.
>
> Currently, the davinci_emac reads the MAC from the DT, copies
> it from pdata->mac_addr to priv->mac_addr, then blindly overwrites
> it by reading from registers in the SoC, and falls back to a
> random MAC if it's still not valid. This completely ignores any
> MAC address in the device tree.
>
> In order to use the local-mac-address, check to see if the contents
> of priv->mac_addr are valid before falling back to reading from the
> SoC when the MAC address is not valid.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> V2: Rebase, add R-B tag, and post stand-alone for netdev branch, since
> the device tree patch has already been accepted via the omap tree.

Looks like you didn't add the tag for which tree. Given the context, I
would assume net-next.

Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>