From: Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com>
To: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
Taras Chornyi <tchornyi@marvell.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>,
Luka Perkov <luka.perkov@sartura.hr>,
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 6/6] net: mvpp2: Consider NVMEM cells as possible MAC address source
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 09:18:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPv3WKdZ+tsW-jRJt_n=KqT+oEe+5QAEFOWKrXsTjHCBBzEh0A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221117215557.1277033-7-miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Hi Miquel,
czw., 17 lis 2022 o 22:56 Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> napisał(a):
>
> The ONIE standard describes the organization of tlv (type-length-value)
> arrays commonly stored within NVMEM devices on common networking
> hardware.
>
> Several drivers already make use of NVMEM cells for purposes like
> retrieving a default MAC address provided by the manufacturer.
>
> What made ONIE tables unusable so far was the fact that the information
> where "dynamically" located within the table depending on the
> manufacturer wishes, while Linux NVMEM support only allowed statically
> defined NVMEM cells. Fortunately, this limitation was eventually tackled
> with the introduction of discoverable cells through the use of NVMEM
> layouts, making it possible to extract and consistently use the content
> of tables like ONIE's tlv arrays.
>
> Parsing this table at runtime in order to get various information is now
> possible. So, because many Marvell networking switches already follow
> this standard, let's consider using NVMEM cells as a new valid source of
> information when looking for a base MAC address, which is one of the
> primary uses of these new fields. Indeed, manufacturers following the
> ONIE standard are encouraged to provide a default MAC address there, so
> let's eventually use it if no other MAC address has been found using the
> existing methods.
>
> Link: https://opencomputeproject.github.io/onie/design-spec/hw_requirements.html
Thanks for the patch. Did you manage to test in on a real HW? I am curious about
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
> index eb0fb8128096..7c8c323f4411 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
> @@ -6104,6 +6104,12 @@ static void mvpp2_port_copy_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, struct mvpp2 *priv,
> }
> }
>
> + if (!of_get_mac_address(to_of_node(fwnode), hw_mac_addr)) {
Unfortunately, nvmem cells seem to be not supported with ACPI yet, so
we cannot extend fwnode_get_mac_address - I think it should be,
however, an end solution.
As of now, I'd prefer to use of_get_mac_addr_nvmem directly, to avoid
parsing the DT again (after fwnode_get_mac_address) and relying
implicitly on falling back to nvmem stuff (currently, without any
comment it is not obvious).
Best regards,
Marcin
> + *mac_from = "nvmem cell";
> + eth_hw_addr_set(dev, hw_mac_addr);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> *mac_from = "random";
> eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
> }
> --
> 2.34.1
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-19 8:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-17 21:55 [PATCH 0/6] Marvell nvmem mac addresses support Miquel Raynal
2022-11-17 21:55 ` [PATCH 1/6] Revert "dt-bindings: marvell,prestera: Add description for device-tree bindings" Miquel Raynal
2022-11-23 22:02 ` Rob Herring
2022-11-17 21:55 ` [PATCH 2/6] dt-bindings: net: marvell,dfx-server: Convert to yaml Miquel Raynal
2022-11-23 22:10 ` Rob Herring
2022-11-23 23:34 ` Miquel Raynal
2022-11-17 21:55 ` [PATCH 3/6] dt-bindings: net: marvell,prestera: " Miquel Raynal
2022-11-23 22:11 ` Rob Herring
2022-11-17 21:55 ` [PATCH 4/6] dt-bindings: net: marvell,prestera: Describe PCI devices of the prestera family Miquel Raynal
2022-11-23 22:13 ` Rob Herring
2022-11-17 21:55 ` [PATCH net-next 5/6] net: marvell: prestera: Avoid unnecessary DT lookups Miquel Raynal
2022-11-17 21:55 ` [PATCH net-next 6/6] net: mvpp2: Consider NVMEM cells as possible MAC address source Miquel Raynal
2022-11-19 8:18 ` Marcin Wojtas [this message]
2022-11-21 9:29 ` Miquel Raynal
2022-11-21 14:46 ` Marcin Wojtas
2022-11-22 17:52 ` Miquel Raynal
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