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

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Feb 06 2019 - 16:40:49 EST


From: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 13:30:17 +0100

> 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>

Applied.