netdev - Re: [PATCH] igb: allow optionally getting mac address from device tree

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Date:   Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:05:47 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     marcel@...wiler.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, marcel.ziswiler@...adex.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] igb: allow optionally getting mac address from device
 tree

From: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel@...wiler.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:00:42 +0200

> @@ -3122,7 +3124,11 @@ static int igb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
>  		break;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (eth_platform_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, hw->mac.addr)) {
> +	/* try to get the MAC address from device tree data */
> +	iap = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
> +	if (iap)
> +		memcpy(hw->mac.addr, iap, ETH_ALEN);

This is exactly what eth_platform_get_mac_address() shoule be doing.