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Date:   Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:51:23 +0100
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Phil Sutter <n0-1@...ewrt.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Daniel Walter <dwalter@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: RB532: fix return value of __setup handler

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 08:20:26PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> __setup() handlers should return 1 to obsolete_checksetup() in
> init/main.c to indicate that the boot option has been handled.
> A return of 0 causes the boot option/value to be listed as an Unknown
> kernel parameter and added to init's (limited) argument or environment
> strings. Also, error return codes don't mean anything to
> obsolete_checksetup() -- only non-zero (usually 1) or zero.
> So return 1 from setup_kmac().
> 
> Fixes: 9e21c7e40b7e ("MIPS: RB532: Replace parse_mac_addr() with mac_pton().")
> Fixes: 73b4390fb234 ("[MIPS] Routerboard 532: Support for base system")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> From: Igor Zhbanov <i.zhbanov@...russia.ru>
> Link: lore.kernel.org/r/64644a2f-4a20-bab3-1e15-3b2cdd0defe3@...russia.ru
> Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
> Cc: linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Cc: Phil Sutter <n0-1@...ewrt.org>
> Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> Cc: Daniel Walter <dwalter@...gle.com>
> ---
>  arch/mips/rb532/devices.c |    6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

applied to mips-next.

Thomas.

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