netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: mv643xx_eth: process retval from of_get_mac

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Date:   Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:43:14 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mauri Sandberg <maukka@....kapsi.fi>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: mv643xx_eth: process retval from
 of_get_mac_address

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 08:57:54AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:23:37 +0200 Mauri Sandberg wrote:
> > Obtaining a MAC address may be deferred in cases when the MAC is stored
> > in an NVMEM block, for example, and it may not be ready upon the first
> > retrieval attempt and return EPROBE_DEFER.
> > 
> > It is also possible that a port that does not rely on NVMEM has been
> > already created when getting the defer request. Thus, also the resources
> > allocated previously must be freed when doing a roll-back.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mauri Sandberg <maukka@....kapsi.fi>
> > Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> 
> While we wait for Andrew's ack, is this the correct fixes tag?
> 
> Fixes: 76723bca2802 ("net: mv643xx_eth: add DT parsing support")


Yes, that looks correct. The history around here is convoluted, and
anybody trying to backport that far is going to need a few different
versions.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew