From: Peter Fink <pe...@pixelbox.red>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:00:22 +0200
> From: Peter Fink <pf...@christ-es.de>
>
> When the MAC address is supplied via device tree or a random
> MAC is generated it has to be written to the asix chip in
> order to receive any data.
>
> Previously in 9fb137aef34e ("net: usb: ax88179_178a: allow
> optionally getting mac address from device tree") this line was
> omitted because it seemed to work perfectly fine without it.
>
> But it was simply not detected because the chip keeps the mac
> stored even beyond a reset and it was tested on a hardware
> with an integrated UPS where the asix chip was permanently
> powered on even throughout power cycles.
>
> Fixes: 9fb137aef34e ("net: usb: ax88179_178a: allow optionally getting mac
> address from device tree")
> Signed-off-by: Peter Fink <pf...@christ-es.de>
Applied, thank you.
