Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 01 May 2016 20:58:44 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net/smscx5xx: use the device tree for mac address | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:05:59 +0200
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> > > This takes the MAC address for smsc75xx/smsc95xx USB network devices > from a the device tree. This is required to get a usable persistent > address on the popular beagleboard, whose hardware designers > accidentally forgot that an ethernet device really requires an a > MAC address to be functional. > > The Raspberry Pi also ships smsc9514 without a serial EEPROM, stores > the MAC address in ROM accessible via VC4 firmware. > > The smsc75xx and smsc95xx drivers are just two copies of the > same code, so better fix both. > > [lkundrak@v3.sk: updated to use of_get_property() as per suggestion from > Arnd, reworded the message and comments a bit] > > Tested-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> > Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
Applied, thanks.
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