netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: fec: make sure to init MAC address

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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:34:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dev@...xeye.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
	l.stach@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: fec: make sure to init MAC address

From: Lucas Stach <dev@...xeye.de>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:32:08 +0200

> From: Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>
> 
> Though we made sure to acquire a valid MAC for
> the netdevice we never actually programmed it
> into the hardware.
> So if the bootloader did not set the MAC,
> network operation would only work if userspace
> explicitly asked to transfer the MAC to hardware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>

Applied, thank you.
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