netdev - Re: Fwd: DA850-evm MAC Address is random

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:54:45 -0500
From:   Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
To:     Adam Ford <aford173@...il.com>, <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: DA850-evm MAC Address is random

Cc: Sekhar

On 08/28/2017 10:32 AM, Adam Ford wrote:
> The davinvi_emac MAC address seems to attempt a call to
> ti_cm_get_macid in cpsw-common.c but it returns the message
> 'davinci_emac davinci_emac.1: incompatible machine/device type for
> reading mac address ' and then generates a random MAC address.
> 
> The function appears to lookup varions boards using
> 'of_machine_is_compaible' and supports dm8148, am33xx, am3517, dm816,
> am4372 and dra7.  I don't see the ti,davinci-dm6467-emac which is
> what's shown in the da850 device tree.
> 
> Is there a patch somewhere for supporting the da850-evm?

Not sure if MAC address can be read from Control module.
May be Sekhar can say more?

> 
> If not, is there a way to pass the MAC address from U-Boot to the
> driver so it doesn't generate a random MAC?

"local-mac-address" dt porp

-- 
regards,
-grygorii