[PATCH net-next 1/2] net: lan966x: use of_get_mac_address

From: Rosen Penev
Date: Wed Aug 27 2025 - 17:51:18 EST


As lan966x is an OF driver, switching to the OF version allows usage of
NVMEM to override the MAC address of the interface.

Handle EPROBE_DEFER in the case that NVMEM loads after lan966x.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c
index 7001584f1b7a..8bf28915c030 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,6 @@ static int lan966x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct fwnode_handle *ports, *portnp;
struct lan966x *lan966x;
- u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
int err;

lan966x = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*lan966x), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1093,9 +1092,11 @@ static int lan966x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, lan966x);
lan966x->dev = &pdev->dev;

- if (!device_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, mac_addr)) {
- ether_addr_copy(lan966x->base_mac, mac_addr);
- } else {
+ err = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node, lan966x->base_mac);
+ if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+ return err;
+
+ if (err) {
pr_info("MAC addr was not set, use random MAC\n");
eth_random_addr(lan966x->base_mac);
lan966x->base_mac[5] &= 0xf0;
--
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