Re: Regression with AX88179A: can't manually set MAC address anymore

[Sergio Callegari]

On 06/09/2023 03:43, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 09:34:53PM +0200, Sergio Callegari wrote:
> > I mean that with kernel 5.15 I could use the in-tree module with some
> > glitches (interface occasionally stopping on teleconferencing) as well as
> > the indicated out of tree module with no glitches.
> >
> > With current kernels (certainly from 6.2 on) manually setting a MAC address
> > breaks the interface. Furthermore, even if it compiles and loads fine, it is
> > impossible to use the out of tree module because it does not create the eth
> > device anymore (the eth device now appears with the cdc_ncn module). Being
> > this an out of tree module, this is not very important, though.
> Then can you please file issue against your external module on that
> GH link?

Done, but as mentioned, out-of-tree implementations on GH are less 
interesting than having the in-tree driver working properly.

So if the in-tree driver could be fixed to correctly support the manual 
configuration of the hardware (MAC) address as it used to be that would 
be the best. I hope that Andrew Lunn's hypothesis is correct, and that 
cdc_ncm can be extended to work with AX88179A even when a manual MAC 
addr is configured.

Thanks,

Sergio