linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next 0/4] net: mvpp2: fix the mac address retrieval logic

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:46:54 +0200
From:   Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com
Cc:     Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>, andrew@...n.ch,
        gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com, nadavh@...vell.com,
        linux@...linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mw@...ihalf.com, stefanc@...vell.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/4] net: mvpp2: fix the mac address retrieval logic

Hi all,

The MAC address retrieval logic was broken and when using the PPv2
driver on PPv2.2 engines I ended up using the same mac address on all
ports. This series of patches fixes this, and also tackle a possible bug
when defining the mac address in the device tree.

To fix this in a nice way I ended up using a dedicated function to
handle the mac retrieval logic. This can be hard to backport into stable
kernels. This is why I also made a quick fix which is easy to backport
(patch 1/14), to tackle down the PPv2.2 mac retrieval bug. Let me know
if this approach is the proper way to handle this or if I should do
something else.

Thanks!
Antoine

Fixes: 2697582144dd ("net: mvpp2: handle misc PPv2.1/PPv2.2 differences")

Antoine Tenart (4):
  net: mvpp2: fix the mac address used when using PPv2.2
  net: mvpp2: move the mac retrieval/copy logic into its own function
  net: mvpp2: fix use of the random mac address for PPv2.2
  net: mvpp2: fallback using h/w and random mac if the dt one isn't
    valid

 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

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2.13.5