netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net/faraday: Disallow using reversed MAC address from hardware

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:01:48 +1000
From:	Gavin Shan <gwshan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	Gavin Shan <gwshan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	David.Laight@...LAB.COM
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net/faraday: Disallow using reversed MAC
 address from hardware

On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 04:01:09PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:42:54AM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
>> The initial MAC address is retrieved from hardware if it's not
>> provided by device-tree. The reserved MAC address from hardware
>> will be used if non-reserved MAC address is invalid. It will
>> cause mismatched MAC address seen by hardware and software.
>> 
>> This disallows using the reserved hardware MAC address to avoid
>> the mismatched MAC address seen by hardware and software.
>> 
>> Fixes: 113ce107afe9 ("net/faraday: Read MAC address from chip")
>> Suggested-by: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
>> Suggested-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gwshan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
>Too late now, since it has been accepted, but the subject line says
>reversed, not reserved.
>

Yes, It should be reversed, not reserved in the commit log.

Thanks,
Gavin