netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 2/2 net-next] ethernet: Extend device_get_mac

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Message-ID: <5e481fbe-d6cf-4ee0-a531-f8cec75c28f9@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:36:39 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@....net>
Cc: Parthiban Veerasooran <parthiban.veerasooran@...rochip.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/2 net-next] ethernet: Extend
 device_get_mac_address() to use NVMEM

On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 04:03:32PM +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> A lot of modern SoC have the ability to store MAC addresses in their
> NVMEM. So extend the generic function device_get_mac_address() to
> obtain the MAC address from an nvmem cell named 'mac-address' in
> case there is no firmware node which contains the MAC address directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@....net>

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

    Andrew