Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:41:45 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pch_gbe: Do not abort probe on bad MAC | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:50:19 -0800
> If the MAC is invalid or not implemented, do not abort the probe. Issue > a warning and prevent bringing the interface up until a MAC is set manually > (via ifconfig $IFACE hw ether $MAC). > > Tested on two platforms, one with a valid MAC, the other without a MAC. The real > MAC is used if present, the interface fails to come up until the MAC is set on > the other. They successfully get an IP over DHCP and pass a simple ping and > login over ssh test. > > This is meant to allow the Inforce SYS940X development board: > http://www.inforcecomputing.com/SYS940X_ECX.html > (and others suffering from a missing MAC) to work with the mainline kernel. > Without this patch, the probe will fail and the interface will not be created, > preventing the user from configuring the MAC manually. > > This does not make any attempt to address a missing or invalid MAC for the > pch_phub driver. > > Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>
Applied, thanks.
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