netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: Add eth_platform_get_mac

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jan 2016 00:59:00 +0000
From:	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: Add eth_platform_get_mac_address() helper.


> On Jan 12, 2016, at 16:49, Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
>> On (01/06/16 16:33), David Miller wrote:
>> 
>> A repeating pattern in drivers has become to use OF node information
>> and, if not found, platform specific host information to extract the
>> ethernet address for a given device.
>    :
>> Consolidate this into a portable routine, and provide the
>> arch_get_platform_mac_address() weak function hook for all
>> architectures to implement if they want.
>    :
>> As promised back in November, I'm commiting this into net-next
>> now.  I'd work on the conversions of existing drivers, but I'd
>> rather someone with access to the hardware to so.
> 
> I finally have all the ducks lined up for ixgbe/i40e around this. 
> Should I go ahead and send this off (I think it first gets staged 
> through Jeff's repo?) or is it better to wait for net-next to be 
> open again?

please go ahead and send it to intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org so we can review and test the driver parts so when net-next opens it should be ready to push upstream.