linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] r8169: Load MAC address from device tree if present

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Message-ID: <20190206132908.GE20405@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 6 Feb 2019 14:29:08 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Paul Zimmerman <pauldzim@...il.com>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] r8169: Load MAC address from device tree if
 present

On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 01:30:17PM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> From: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>
> 
> If the system was booted using a device tree and if the device tree
> contains a MAC address, use it instead of reading one from the EEPROM.
> This is useful in situations where the EEPROM isn't properly programmed
> or where the firmware wants to override the existing MAC address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew