Re: [PATCH] r8169: Load MAC address from device tree if present

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Fri Jan 25 2019 - 09:57:18 EST


On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 11:18:14AM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> From: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> If the system was booted using a device tree and if the device tree
> contains a MAC address, use it instead of reading one from the EEPROM.
> This is useful in situations where the EEPROM isn't properly programmed
> or where the firmware wants to override the existing MAC address.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Based on net-next.
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> index f574b6b557f9..fd9edd643ca5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> @@ -6957,6 +6957,21 @@ static int rtl_alloc_irq(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
> return pci_alloc_irq_vectors(tp->pci_dev, 1, 1, flags);
> }
>
> +static void rtl_read_mac_address(struct rtl8169_private *tp,
> + u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN])
> +{
> + /* Get MAC address */
> + switch (tp->mac_version) {
> + case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_35 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_38:
> + case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_51:
> + *(u32 *)&mac_addr[0] = rtl_eri_read(tp, 0xe0, ERIAR_EXGMAC);
> + *(u16 *)&mac_addr[4] = rtl_eri_read(tp, 0xe4, ERIAR_EXGMAC);
> + break;
> + default:
> + break;
> + }
> +}
> +
> DECLARE_RTL_COND(rtl_link_list_ready_cond)
> {
> return RTL_R8(tp, MCU) & LINK_LIST_RDY;
> @@ -7148,6 +7163,7 @@ static int rtl_get_ether_clk(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
> static int rtl_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
> {
> const struct rtl_cfg_info *cfg = rtl_cfg_infos + ent->driver_data;
> + u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(4);

Hi Thierry

Maybe now would be a good time to cleanup this __aligned(4), pointer
aliasing, etc?

> + /* get MAC address */
> + if (eth_platform_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, mac_addr))
> + rtl_read_mac_address(tp, mac_addr);
> +

Maybe that could be made more readable with:

err = eth_platform_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, mac_addr);
if (err)
rtl_read_mac_address(tp, mac_addr);

Thanks
Andrew