Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: dwmac-motorcomm: fix eFUSE MAC address read failure

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Tue Apr 07 2026 - 21:31:20 EST


Hello:

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

On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 07:44:25 +0000 you wrote:
> This patch fixes an issue where reading the MAC address from the eFUSE
> fails due to a race condition.
>
> The root cause was identified by comparing the driver's behavior with a
> custom U-Boot port. In U-Boot, the MAC address was read successfully
> every time because the driver was loaded later in the boot process, giving
> the hardware ample time to initialize. In Linux, reading the eFUSE
> immediately returns all zeros, resulting in a fallback to a random MAC address.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net] net: stmmac: dwmac-motorcomm: fix eFUSE MAC address read failure
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/f2777d5cb5c0

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