Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Add ACPI bindings to the genet

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Mon Feb 24 2020 - 18:09:41 EST


On 2/24/20 2:53 PM, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> This patch series allows the BCM GENET, as used on the RPi4,
> to attach when booted in an ACPI environment. The DSDT entry to
> trigger this is seen below. Of note, the first patch adds a
> small extension to the mdio layer which allows drivers to find
> the mii_bus without firmware assistance. The fifth patch in
> the set retrieves the MAC address from the umac registers
> rather than carrying it directly in the DSDT. This of course
> requires the firmware to pre-program it, so we continue to fall
> back on a random one if it appears to be garbage.

Thanks for your persistence on this I was able to apply this to the
latest net-next tree and give this a spin on a STB chip (which uses DT)
and did not see any issues, so:

Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
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Florian