netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND net-next v2 1/5] net: thunderbolt: Allow changing MAC address of the device

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Message-ID: <b41a629a-4e71-4f50-b7e5-fcbec88cc488@lunn.ch>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:57:52 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Yehezkel Bernat <YehezkelShB@...il.com>,
	Ian MacDonald <ian@...statz.com>,
	Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>,
	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>,
	Jay Vosburgh <jv@...sburgh.net>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND net-next v2 1/5] net: thunderbolt: Allow changing
 MAC address of the device

On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 01:26:02PM +0100, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> The MAC address we use is based on a suggestion in the USB4 Inter-domain
> spec but it is not really used in the USB4NET protocol. It is more
> targeted for the upper layers of the network stack. There is no reason
> why it should not be changed by the userspace for example if needed for
> bonding.
> 
> Reported-by: Ian MacDonald <ian@...statz.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAFJzfF9N4Hak23sc-zh0jMobbkjK7rg4odhic1DQ1cC+=MoQoA@mail.gmail.com/
> Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>

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

    Andrew