Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: marvell: espressobin: Add ethernet switch aliases

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Mon Sep 07 2020 - 11:49:10 EST


> I would not say it is a "new feature". But rather that patch in this
> email fixes issue that Linux kernel did not set correct MAC address for
> DSA slave ports. I think it is something which could be backported also
> to stable releases as "ignoring" vendor/factory MAC address is not
> correct behavior.

Hi Pali

The rules for stable are here:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.8/process/stable-kernel-rules.html

Do you think it fits?

Andrew