linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] r8152: Add support for setting MAC to system's Auxiliary MAC address

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Message-ID: <ae0f974692814260bb9f2f2cf4af6450@ausx13mpc124.AMER.DELL.COM>
Date:	Thu, 2 Jun 2016 19:04:32 +0000
From:	<Mario_Limonciello@...l.com>
To:	<andrew@...n.ch>
CC:	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <hayeswang@...ltek.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
	<anthony.wong@...onical.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] r8152: Add support for setting MAC to system's
 Auxiliary MAC address

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@...n.ch]
> Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2016 2:03 PM
> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@...l.com>
> Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org; hayeswang@...ltek.com; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> usb@...r.kernel.org; pali.rohar@...il.com; anthony.wong@...onical.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] r8152: Add support for setting MAC to system's
> Auxiliary MAC address
> 
> > > And you want to check this for all Dell devices?  Please be model
> > > specific, I doubt a bunch of Dell servers wants to run this code...
> > >
> >
> > Tracking model specific is really going to turn into a giant list never ending
> list.
> > To drill down more specifically, I can match on chassis too.
> 
> Does Dell happen to use its own USB Vendor ID for the USB device in
> the dock? You could go at this problem from the other direction if it
> does have a unique vendor ID.
> 
>      Andrew

Unfortunately it's not a Dell specific VID/PID.  I'm asking around to find out
if there is something else identifiable about this dock's NIC (maybe that r8152 
can query).