[PATCH net-next 0/4] net: mvpp2: fix the mac address retrieval logic

From: Antoine Tenart
Date: Thu Aug 24 2017 - 05:49:05 EST


Hi all,

The MAC address retrieval logic was broken and when using the PPv2
driver on PPv2.2 engines I ended up using the same mac address on all
ports. This series of patches fixes this, and also tackle a possible bug
when defining the mac address in the device tree.

To fix this in a nice way I ended up using a dedicated function to
handle the mac retrieval logic. This can be hard to backport into stable
kernels. This is why I also made a quick fix which is easy to backport
(patch 1/14), to tackle down the PPv2.2 mac retrieval bug. Let me know
if this approach is the proper way to handle this or if I should do
something else.

Thanks!
Antoine

Fixes: 2697582144dd ("net: mvpp2: handle misc PPv2.1/PPv2.2 differences")

Antoine Tenart (4):
net: mvpp2: fix the mac address used when using PPv2.2
net: mvpp2: move the mac retrieval/copy logic into its own function
net: mvpp2: fix use of the random mac address for PPv2.2
net: mvpp2: fallback using h/w and random mac if the dt one isn't
valid

drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

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