From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sowmini Varadhan Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: Add eth_platform_get_mac_address() helper. Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:49:16 -0500 Message-ID: <20160113004916.GA28880@oracle.com> References: <20160106.163309.111867454969344145.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:35230 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751940AbcAMAtp (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:49:45 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160106.163309.111867454969344145.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On (01/06/16 16:33), David Miller wrote: > > A repeating pattern in drivers has become to use OF node information > and, if not found, platform specific host information to extract the > ethernet address for a given device. : > Consolidate this into a portable routine, and provide the > arch_get_platform_mac_address() weak function hook for all > architectures to implement if they want. : > As promised back in November, I'm commiting this into net-next > now. I'd work on the conversions of existing drivers, but I'd > rather someone with access to the hardware to so. I finally have all the ducks lined up for ixgbe/i40e around this. Should I go ahead and send this off (I think it first gets staged through Jeff's repo?) or is it better to wait for net-next to be open again? --Sowmini