linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net: usb: asix: allow optionally getting mac address from device tree

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Message-Id: <20180704.221011.251299583459668989.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 04 Jul 2018 22:10:11 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     marcel@...wiler.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, oneukum@...e.com,
        marcel.ziswiler@...adex.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Dean_Jenkins@...tor.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        andreyknvl@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: usb: asix: allow optionally getting mac
 address from device tree

From: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel@...wiler.com>
Date: Tue,  3 Jul 2018 17:06:49 +0200

> From: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@...adex.com>
> 
> For Embedded use where e.g. AX88772B chips may be used without external
> EEPROMs the boot loader may choose to pass the MAC address to be used
> via device tree. Therefore, allow for optionally getting the MAC
> address from device tree data e.g. as follows (excerpt from a T30 based
> board, local-mac-address to be filled in by boot loader):
> 
> /* EHCI instance 1: USB2_DP/N -> AX88772B */
> usb@...04000 {
> 	status = "okay";
> 	#address-cells = <1>;
> 	#size-cells = <0>;
> 	asix@1 {
> 		reg = <1>;
> 		local-mac-address = [00 00 00 00 00 00];
> 	};
> };
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@...adex.com>

Applied to net-next.