From: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
To: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
Cc: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>,
rfried.dev@gmail.com, git@xilinx.com, joe.hershberger@ni.com,
sjg@chromium.org, u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: uclass: Save ethernet MAC address when generated
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 12:57:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211103165712.GF24579@bill-the-cat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b96be58e-bbab-4581-9e44-18b74c29b873@xilinx.com>
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On Tue, Nov 02, 2021 at 11:27:22AM +0100, Michal Simek wrote:
>
>
> On 11/2/21 10:00, Michael Walle wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 2:14 PM Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > When MAC address is randomly generated it should be also saved to
> > > > variables. This step is there when MAC address is passed via pdata but not
> > > > when it is randomly generated.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > net/eth-uclass.c | 2 ++
> > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/net/eth-uclass.c b/net/eth-uclass.c
> > > > index 0da0e85be031..58c308f33276 100644
> > > > --- a/net/eth-uclass.c
> > > > +++ b/net/eth-uclass.c
> > > > @@ -583,6 +583,8 @@ static int eth_post_probe(struct udevice *dev)
> > > > net_random_ethaddr(pdata->enetaddr);
> > > > printf("\nWarning: %s (eth%d) using random MAC address - %pM\n",
> > > > dev->name, dev_seq(dev), pdata->enetaddr);
> > > > + eth_env_set_enetaddr_by_index("eth", dev_seq(dev),
> > > > + pdata->enetaddr);
> > > > #else
> > > > printf("\nError: %s address not set.\n",
> > > > dev->name);
> > > > --
> > > > 2.33.1
> > > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Ramon Fried <rfried.dev@gmail.com>
> >
> > Please note, that this will change behavior. Before this commit, the
> > random mac address was local to u-boot (at least for most network drivers).
> > After this commit, it will also be communicated to linux.
> >
> > I'm not sure what to think of this. At the very least, this should be
> > documented in the commit message and in the Kconfig help text.
>
> Thanks for bringing this up. I have no issue that this address is being
> propagated to Linux but others can feel this as an issue.
> I can definitely extend commit message to say it.
>
> I found this via net list command where you can see controllers but you
> can't see their mac addresses which is IMHO wrong.
So, this causes dhcp to simply timeout for me on a pine64_plus board
(where yes, I believe we do end up using a random MAC) when running the
pytest suite. I wonder if this particular change messes up the state
machine? Checking the dnsmasq logs it looks like U-Boot keeps asking
and getting a reply, over and over.
--
Tom
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-03 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-29 11:14 [PATCH] net: uclass: Save ethernet MAC address when generated Michal Simek
2021-11-01 20:25 ` Ramon Fried
2021-11-02 9:00 ` Michael Walle
2021-11-02 10:27 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-03 16:57 ` Tom Rini [this message]
2021-11-04 11:18 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-04 11:37 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-04 11:43 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-04 12:59 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-04 13:06 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-04 2:09 ` Grygorii Strashko
2021-11-04 11:16 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-04 12:27 ` Michael Walle
2021-11-04 13:15 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-04 13:40 ` Michael Walle
2021-11-04 21:00 ` Ramon Fried
2021-11-09 13:55 ` Michael Walle
2021-11-11 9:10 ` Michael Walle
2021-11-16 14:18 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-16 14:56 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-16 18:41 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-17 7:44 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-17 11:50 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-17 12:24 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-17 12:35 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-17 15:56 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-17 16:15 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-18 7:08 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-18 9:46 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-18 14:51 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-18 16:29 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-18 19:04 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-18 19:54 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-19 12:30 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-20 15:56 ` Tom Rini
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