netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: Inherit dev addr from master

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Date:   Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:30:03 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Xiaofei Shen <xiaofeis@...eaurora.org>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...aro.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: Inherit dev addr from master

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 06:26:54PM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> From: Xiaofei Shen <xiaofeis@...eaurora.org>
> 
> When we create slave netdevice, the dev addr is inherited from master
> but the master dev addr maybe NULL at that time, so inherit it again
> while opening the slave.

Hi Xiaofei, Vinod

Inheriting it twice seems a bit clumsy. Can the first inherit be
removed? Can you change your MAC driver to set its MAC address in
probe?

	Andrew