netdev - Re: [PATCH net] r8152: Use MAC address from correct device tree node

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Date:   Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:27:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     thierry.reding@...il.com
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, ejh@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] r8152: Use MAC address from correct device tree
 node

From: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
Date: Fri,  7 Aug 2020 09:36:32 +0200

> From: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>
> 
> Query the USB device's device tree node when looking for a MAC address.
> The struct device embedded into the struct net_device does not have a
> device tree node attached at all.
> 
> The reason why this went unnoticed is because the system where this was
> tested was one of the few development units that had its OTP programmed,
> as opposed to production systems where the MAC address is stored in a
> separate EEPROM and is passed via device tree by the firmware.
> 
> Reported-by: EJ Hsu <ejh@...dia.com>
> Fixes: acb6d3771a03 ("r8152: Use MAC address from device tree if available")
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>

Applied, thank you.