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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 19:45:35 -0700 From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, l.stelmach@...sung.com Cc: steve.glendinning@...well.net, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, b.zolnierkie@...sung.com, m.szyprowski@...sung.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/smscx5xx: change to of_get_mac_address() eth_platform_get_mac_address() On 10/1/2020 7:05 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: ¨©ukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com> > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:25:25 +0200 > >> Use more generic eth_platform_get_mac_address() which can get a MAC >> address from other than DT platform specific sources too. Check if the >> obtained address is valid. >> >> Signed-off-by: ¨©ukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com> > > Failure to probe a MAC address should result in the selection of a > random one. This way, the interface still comes up and is usable > even when the MAC address fails to be probed. True, however this behavior is not changed after this patch is applied, I would argue that this should be a separate patch. -- Florian
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