Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Nov 2018 10:49:04 -0500 | From | Sasha Levin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [stable, netdev 4.4+] lan78xx: make sure RX_ADDRL & RX_ADDRH regs are always up to date |
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On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 12:01:27PM +0100, Paolo Pisati wrote: >On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 07:17:51PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: >> So why not just take 760db29bdc completely? It looks safer than taking a >> partial backport, and will make applying future patches easier. >> >> I tried to do it and it doesn't look like there are any dependencies >> that would cause an issue. > >Somehow i was convinced it didn't build on 4.4.x... can you pick it up? > >commit 760db29bdc97b73ff60b091315ad787b1deb5cf5 >Author: Phil Elwell <phil@raspberrypi.org> >Date: Thu Apr 19 17:59:38 2018 +0100 > > lan78xx: Read MAC address from DT if present > > There is a standard mechanism for locating and using a MAC address from > the Device Tree. Use this facility in the lan78xx driver to support > applications without programmed EEPROM or OTP. At the same time, > regularise the handling of the different address sources. > > Signed-off-by: Phil Elwell <phil@raspberrypi.org> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Can you confirm it actually works on 4.4?
-- Thanks, Sasha
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