[PATCH] Documentation: net: dsa: Cut set_addr() documentation

[PATCH] Documentation: net: dsa: Cut set_addr() documentation

[Linus Walleij]

This is not supported anymore, devices needing a MAC address
just assign one at random, it's just a driver pecularity.

Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
---
 Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
index b8b40753133e..25170ad7d25b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
@@ -385,11 +385,6 @@ Switch configuration
   avoid relying on what a previous software agent such as a bootloader/firmware
   may have previously configured.
 
-- set_addr: Some switches require the programming of the management interface's
-  Ethernet MAC address, switch drivers can also disable ageing of MAC addresses
-  on the management interface and "hardcode"/"force" this MAC address for the
-  CPU/management interface as an optimization
-
 PHY devices and link management
 -------------------------------
 
-- 
2.14.3

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: net: dsa: Cut set_addr() documentation

[Andrew Lunn]

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 04:34:38PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> This is not supported anymore, devices needing a MAC address
> just assign one at random, it's just a driver pecularity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

Hi Linus

It is normal to put the tree, net-next in this case, inside the [] of
the subject line, so David knows which tree the patch is for.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: net: dsa: Cut set_addr() documentation

[David Miller]

From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:34:38 +0100

> This is not supported anymore, devices needing a MAC address
> just assign one at random, it's just a driver pecularity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

Applied.