netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: mv643xx: Fix over zealous checking of_get_mac

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Date:   Wed, 06 Apr 2022 01:30:12 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, maukka@....kapsi.fi,
        walther-it@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: mv643xx: Fix over zealous checking
 of_get_mac_address()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Tue,  5 Apr 2022 02:04:04 +0200 you wrote:
> There is often not a MAC address available in an EEPROM accessible by
> Linux with Marvell devices. Instead the bootload has the MAC address
> and directly programs it into the hardware. So don't consider an error
> from of_get_mac_address() has fatal. However, the check was added for
> the case where there is a MAC address in an the EEPROM, but the EEPROM
> has not probed yet, and -EPROBE_DEFER is returned. In that case the
> error should be returned. So make the check specific to this error
> code.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: ethernet: mv643xx: Fix over zealous checking of_get_mac_address()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/11f8e7c122ce

You are awesome, thank you!
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