Re: [PATCH] igb: allow optionally getting mac address from device tree

From: Marcel Ziswiler Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:00:42 +0200 > @@ -3122,7 +3124,11 @@ static int igb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const > struct pci_device_id *ent) > break; > } > > - if (eth_platform_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, hw->mac.addr)) { > + /* try to get the

[PATCH] igb: allow optionally getting mac address from device tree

From: Marcel Ziswiler For Embedded use where e.g. i210/i211 chips may be used without external EEPROMs but regardless of whether or not the MAC address is actually programmed into the iNVM the boot loader may choose to pass the MAC address to be used via device tree. Therefore, allow for optional