net/smscx5xx: use the device tree for mac address
authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:05:59 +0000 (09:05 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 2 May 2016 00:57:45 +0000 (20:57 -0400)
commitc489565b536ff5382460273fd9513f0adebec024
treecb3cd2927de267f3cc8407e9f78962f18b5574fe
parent90e5d0db2b221f0cbbb91e9e61fdb7dbb9e1afc2
net/smscx5xx: use the device tree for mac address

This takes the MAC address for smsc75xx/smsc95xx USB network devices
from a the device tree. This is required to get a usable persistent
address on the popular beagleboard, whose hardware designers
accidentally forgot that an ethernet device really requires an a
MAC address to be functional.

The Raspberry Pi also ships smsc9514 without a serial EEPROM, stores
the MAC address in ROM accessible via VC4 firmware.

The smsc75xx and smsc95xx drivers are just two copies of the
same code, so better fix both.

[lkundrak@v3.sk: updated to use of_get_property() as per suggestion from
Arnd, reworded the message and comments a bit]

Tested-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
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