From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: marex@denx.de (Marek Vasut) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:00:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: dts: imx: Add alias for ethernet controller In-Reply-To: <20140722030337.GV8537@dragon> References: <1393588721-8598-1-git-send-email-marex@denx.de> <201407220410.26694.marex@denx.de> <20140722030337.GV8537@dragon> Message-ID: <201407220700.49046.marex@denx.de> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org 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 > > > > > Cc: Shawn Guo > > > > > > > > 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? Best regards, Marek Vasut