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

[Antoine Tenart]

Hi Dave,

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 09:46:24PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:46:54 +0200
> 
> > 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.
> 
> This patch series doesn't apply to any of my trees, that is the first
> thing.

That is very strange, my patches were based on top of net-next. I'll
double check if they apply correctly before sending the v2.

> Secondly, this is a bug fix, and the bug exists in the 'net' tree.
> Therefore this patch series should target the 'net' tree.

OK, that's the question I was asking. I'll resent everything to net
then.

> Please always target legitimate bug fixes at the 'net' tree, rather
> than 'net-next'.

Sure, will do.

Thanks!
Antoine

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Antoine Ténart, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com

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