Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] r8169: Load MAC address from device tree if present

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Wed Feb 06 2019 - 08:29:15 EST


On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 01:30:17PM +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>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

Andrew