netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/3] net: ethernet: add property "nvmem_macaddr

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Date:   Fri, 10 May 2019 20:16:31 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Andy Duan <fugang.duan@....com>
Cc:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "ynezz@...e.cz" <ynezz@...e.cz>,
        "john@...ozen.org" <john@...ozen.org>,
        "bgolaszewski@...libre.com" <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/3] net: ethernet: add property "nvmem_macaddr_swap"
 to swap macaddr bytes order

On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 08:24:00AM +0000, Andy Duan wrote:
> ethernet controller driver call .of_get_mac_address() to get
> the mac address from devictree tree, if these properties are
> not present, then try to read from nvmem.
> 
> For example, read MAC address from nvmem:
> of_get_mac_address()
> 	of_get_mac_addr_nvmem()
> 		nvmem_get_mac_address()
> 
> i.MX6x/7D/8MQ/8MM platforms ethernet MAC address read from
> nvmem ocotp eFuses, but it requires to swap the six bytes
> order.
> 
> The patch add optional property "nvmem_macaddr_swap" to swap

Please use nvmem-macaddr-swap. It is very unusal to use _ in property
names.

	Andrew