[RFC,net-next/wireless-next,v1,1/2] ethernet: check nvmem cells for mac-address

Commit Message

Christian Lamparter Oct. 30, 2021, 5:41 p.m. UTC

of_get_mac_address() gained this function with
commit d01f449c008a ("of_net: add NVMEM support to of_get_mac_address")
with the following justification:
"Many embedded devices have information such as MAC addresses stored
inside NVMEMs like EEPROMs and so on. [...]

Adding support for NVMEM into every other driver would mean adding a lot
of repetitive code. This patch allows us to configure MAC addresses in
various devices like ethernet and wireless adapters directly [...]."

the common device_/fwnode_get_mac_address could use the
same functionality by just a few adjustments.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <[e-mail]>
---
 net/ethernet/eth.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index c7d9e08107cb..5e55b08577b1 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -602,7 +602,9 @@  static int fwnode_get_mac_addr(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
  * checked first, because that is supposed to contain to "most recent" MAC
  * address. If that isn't set, then 'local-mac-address' is checked next,
  * because that is the default address.  If that isn't set, then the obsolete
- * 'address' is checked, just in case we're using an old device tree.
+ * 'address' is checked, just in case we're using an old device tree. If any
+ * of the above isn't set, then try to get MAC address from nvmem cell named
+ * 'mac-address'.
  *
  * Note that the 'address' property is supposed to contain a virtual address of
  * the register set, but some DTS files have redefined that property to be the
@@ -622,7 +624,7 @@  int fwnode_get_mac_address(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, char *addr)
 	    !fwnode_get_mac_addr(fwnode, "address", addr))
 		return 0;
 
-	return -ENOENT;
+	return nvmem_get_mac_address(fwnode->dev, addr);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fwnode_get_mac_address);