Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] net/ncsi: allow to customize BMC MAC Address offset | From | Terry Duncan <> | Date | Tue, 13 Aug 2019 13:54:26 -0700 |
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On 8/13/19 11:28 AM, Tao Ren wrote: > On 8/13/19 9:31 AM, Terry Duncan wrote: >> Tao, in your new patch will it be possible to disable the setting of the BMC MAC? I would like to be able to send NCSI_OEM_GET_MAC perhaps with netlink (TBD) to get the system address without it affecting the BMC address. >> >> I was about to send patches to add support for the Intel adapters when I saw this thread. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Terry > > Hi Terry, > > Sounds like you are planning to configure BMC MAC address from user space via netlink? Ben Wei <benwei@fb.com> started a thread "Out-of-band NIC management" in openbmc community for NCSI management using netlink, and you may follow up with him for details. > > I haven't decided what to do in my v2 patch: maybe using device tree, maybe moving the logic to uboot, and I'm also evaluating the netlink option. But it shouldn't impact your patch, because you can disable NCSI_OEM_GET_MAC option from your config file.
Thanks Tao. I see now that disabling the NCSI_OEM_GET_MAC option will do what I want.
Best, Terry
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