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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 03:22:16 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> To: ansuelsmth@...il.com Cc: 'Miquel Raynal' <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>, 'Richard Weinberger' <richard@....at>, 'Vignesh Raghavendra' <vigneshr@...com>, 'Rob Herring' <robh+dt@...nel.org>, "'David S. Miller'" <davem@...emloft.net>, 'Jakub Kicinski' <kuba@...nel.org>, 'Heiner Kallweit' <hkallweit1@...il.com>, 'Russell King' <linux@...linux.org.uk>, 'Frank Rowand' <frowand.list@...il.com>, 'Boris Brezillon' <bbrezillon@...nel.org>, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: R: [PATCH v2 4/4] dt-bindings: net: Document use of mac-address-increment On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 02:39:39AM +0200, ansuelsmth@...il.com wrote: > > > > -----Messaggio originale----- > > Da: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> > > Inviato: domenica 20 settembre 2020 02:31 > > A: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com> > > Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>; Richard Weinberger > > <richard@....at>; Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>; Rob Herring > > <robh+dt@...nel.org>; David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>; Jakub > > Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>; > > Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>; Frank Rowand > > <frowand.list@...il.com>; Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@...nel.org>; linux- > > mtd@...ts.infradead.org; devicetree@...r.kernel.org; linux- > > kernel@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org > > Oggetto: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] dt-bindings: net: Document use of mac- > > address-increment > > > > > + mac-address-increment: > > > + description: > > > + The MAC address can optionally be increased (or decreased using > > > + negative values) from the original value readed (from a nvmem > cell > > > > Read is irregular, there is no readed, just read. > > > > > + for example). This can be used if the mac is readed from a > dedicated > > > + partition and must be increased based on the number of device > > > + present in the system. > > > > You should probably add there is no underflow/overflow to other bytes > > of the MAC address. 00:01:02:03:04:ff + 1 == 00:01:02:03:04:00. > > > > > + minimum: -255 > > > + maximum: 255 > > > + > > > + mac-address-increment-byte: > > > + description: > > > + If 'mac-address-increment' is defined, this will tell what byte > of > > > + the mac-address will be increased. If 'mac-address-increment' is > > > + not defined, this option will do nothing. > > > + default: 5 > > > + minimum: 0 > > > + maximum: 5 > > > > Is there a real need for this? A value of 0 seems like a bad idea, > > since a unicast address could easily become a multicast address, which > > is not valid for an interface address. It also does not seem like a > > good idea to allow the OUI to be changed. So i think only bytes 3-5 > > should be allowed, but even then, i don't think this is needed, unless > > you do have a clear use case. > > > > Andrew > > Honestly the mac-address-increment-byte is added to give user some control > but I > don't really have a use case for it. Should I limit it to 3 or just remove > the function? If you have no use case, just remove it and document that last byte will be incremented. I somebody does need it, it can be added in a backwards compatible way. Andrew
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