Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/7] net: dsa: microchip: Set unique MAC at startup for WoL support

[Vladimir Oltean]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 02:24:00PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Set a unique global MAC address for each switch on the network at system
> startup by syncing the switch's global MAC address with the Ethernet
> address of the DSA master interface. This is crucial for supporting
> Wake-on-LAN (WoL) functionality, as it requires a unique address for
> each switch.
> 
> Although the operation is performed only at system start and won't sync
> if the master Ethernet address changes dynamically, it lays the
> groundwork for WoL support by ensuring a unique MAC address for each
> switch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Why not take the MAC address of the user port at ksz9477_set_wol() time,
and use the existing ksz_switch_macaddr_get() API that was just added so
that this use case could work?