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Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 20:17:58 +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 2/3] of_net: add property "nvmem-mac-address" for of_get_mac_addr() On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 08:24:03AM +0000, Andy Duan wrote: > If MAC address read from nvmem cell and it is valid mac address, > .of_get_mac_addr_nvmem() add new property "nvmem-mac-address" in > ethernet node. Once user call .of_get_mac_address() to get MAC > address again, it can read valid MAC address from device tree in > directly. I suspect putting the MAC address into OF will go away in a follow up patch. It is a bad idea. Andrew
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