Re: [PATCH] net: cpsw: fix obtaining mac address for am3517

[Tony Lindgren]

* Jeroen Hofstee <jhofstee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [161021 00:37]:
> Hello Tony,
> 
> On 21-10-16 08:38, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > * Jeroen Hofstee <jhofstee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [161020 12:57]:
> > > Commit b6745f6e4e63 ("drivers: net: cpsw: davinci_emac: move reading mac
> > > id to common file") did not only move the code for an am3517, it also
> > > added the slave parameter, resulting in a invalid (all zero) mac address
> > > being returned. So change it back to always read from slave zero, so it
> > > works again.
> > Hmm doesn't this now break it for cpsw with two instances?
> > 
> 
> Yes, well, they get the same mac address at least. But does it matter?
> This changes davinci_emac_3517_get_macid, the only way to get there
> is:
> 
>     if (of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "ti,am3517-emac"))
>         return davinci_emac_3517_get_macid(dev, 0x110, slave, mac_addr)
> 
> and the only user of ti,am3517-emac is arch/arm/boot/dts/am3517.dtsi,
> which only has one emac. So the change is already am3517 specific.
> 
> > We may need am3517 specific quirk flag instead?
> 
> Given above, it is already am3517 specific. Let me know if you prefer this
> route then I will have a look at it.

Oh OK thanks for explaining it :) As it's already am3517 specific:

Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>