From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: Add eth_platform_get_mac_address() helper. Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 00:59:00 +0000 Message-ID: <3EF5B56E-FA0D-4A4F-A6C6-DE306FA1E610@intel.com> References: <20160106.163309.111867454969344145.davem@davemloft.net>,<20160113004916.GA28880@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Cc: David Miller , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: Sowmini Varadhan Return-path: Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:38436 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751855AbcAMA7C convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:59:02 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20160113004916.GA28880@oracle.com> Content-Language: en-US Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > On Jan 12, 2016, at 16:49, Sowmini Varadhan wrote: > >> 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? please go ahead and send it to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org so we can review and test the driver parts so when net-next opens it should be ready to push upstream.