netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [next] igb: allow setting MAC address on i211 using a device tree blob

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Date:	Tue, 9 Feb 2016 09:42:45 -0800
From:	Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...el.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	John Holland <jotihojr@...il.com>,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [next] igb: allow setting MAC address on i211
 using a device tree blob

It seem to me this should be using eth_platform_get_mac_address(), a
slightly more generic method to do this.  See the i40e driver for an
example, commit d9a84324e6 I believe.

sln

On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 3:59 AM, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
>> > +       dn = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "intel,i211");
>
> Humm, NULL, NULL. That means find the first node anywhere in the
> device tree which matches. This is not going to work too well when you
> have multiple i211s.
>
> There is a way so specify a DT node is attached to a specific PCIe
> bus/slot. I think you should search only there, so solving the
> multiple device issue.
>
>          Andrew



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