From: shawn.guo@freescale.com (Shawn Guo)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: dts: imx: Add alias for ethernet controller
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:20:48 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140722052046.GW8537@dragon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201407220700.49046.marex@denx.de>
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 07:00:48AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 05:03:38 AM, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 04:10:26AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > On Monday, March 24, 2014 at 02:49:38 AM, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 01:37:09AM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > On Friday, February 28, 2014 at 12:58:41 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > > Add alias for FEC ethernet on i.MX to allow bootloaders (like
> > > > > > U-Boot) patch-in the MAC address for FEC using this alias.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> > > > > > Cc: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@linaro.org>
> > > > >
> > > > > Bump ?
> > > >
> > > > Sorry. I had actually applied the patch but forgot replying.
> > >
> > > Hello Shawn,
> > >
> > > I'd like to apply this patch for 3.14-stable , are you OK with this
> > > please ? Shall I submit it ?
> >
> > I do not see why this is a stable material. But you do not need my
> > approval to send patch for stable kernel. The person you need to
> > convince is Greg.
>
> Without this patch, you will not get a mac address patched into the DT by the
> bootloader. Therefore, your device will use a random mac address on the network
> which is different on every boot. This is not a good thing, don't you agree?
I agree this is not a good thing. But it's neither a regression nor a
critical issue as defined by stable_kernel_rules.txt.
Shawn
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-22 5:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-28 11:58 [PATCH] ARM: dts: imx: Add alias for ethernet controller Marek Vasut
2014-03-18 0:37 ` Marek Vasut
2014-03-24 1:49 ` Shawn Guo
2014-03-24 2:39 ` Marek Vasut
2014-07-22 2:10 ` Marek Vasut
2014-07-22 3:03 ` Shawn Guo
2014-07-22 5:00 ` Marek Vasut
2014-07-22 5:20 ` Shawn Guo [this message]
2014-07-22 5:45 ` Marek Vasut
2014-07-24 2:07 Marek Vasut
2014-07-24 3:17 ` Shawn Guo
2014-07-24 3:52 ` Greg KH
2014-07-24 4:17 ` Marek Vasut
2014-07-24 6:10 ` Shawn Guo
2014-07-24 4:15 ` Marek Vasut
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