netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Add ACPI bindings to the genet

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Message-ID: <5cc69c8e-69e0-0ee6-af1f-3fb22df957ca@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 Feb 2020 15:09:36 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     opendmb@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wahrenst@....net, andrew@...n.ch,
        hkallweit1@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Add ACPI bindings to the genet

On 2/24/20 2:53 PM, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> This patch series allows the BCM GENET, as used on the RPi4,
> to attach when booted in an ACPI environment. The DSDT entry to
> trigger this is seen below. Of note, the first patch adds a
> small extension to the mdio layer which allows drivers to find
> the mii_bus without firmware assistance. The fifth patch in
> the set retrieves the MAC address from the umac registers
> rather than carrying it directly in the DSDT. This of course
> requires the firmware to pre-program it, so we continue to fall
> back on a random one if it appears to be garbage.

Thanks for your persistence on this I was able to apply this to the
latest net-next tree and give this a spin on a STB chip (which uses DT)
and did not see any issues, so:

Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Thanks!
-- 
Florian