[PATCH 3/7] net: smc911x: Properly handle EEPROM MAC address

[Linus Walleij]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 1:04 PM Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com> wrote:

> When compiled as a DM_ETH driver, the scm911x driver was reading the MAC
> address from the optional EEPROM storage, but failed to copy this to the
> platdata struct. Since it was also missing a definition of the
> read_rom_hwaddr() function, the generic Ethernet code was dismissing
> this MAC address, falling back to a random address or denying to start
> at all.
>
> Add an implementation of .read_rom_hwaddr, and refactor the function
> reading the ROM address to be called by all interested parties.
>
> This fixes MAC address issues when using the driver in DM_ETH "mode".
>
> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>

Oups. That explains why the ethernet addresses were looking
so funny at times.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij