Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 4 Oct 2018 10:35:08 -0400 | From | Sowmini Varadhan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 00/29] at24: remove at24_platform_data |
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Just catching up on this thread, so please excuse any unintentional misquotes here.
> > > > David: I couldn't find a place in sparc code where any ethernet device > > > > would be registered, so is there a chance that nobody is using it? > > > > > > SPARC uses a true Open Firmware implementation, so it would register > > > drivers through the CONFIG_OF infrastructure.
correct
> The calls are not even that old, and clearly added intentionally for sparc, > see commit ba94272d08a7 ("i40e: use eth_platform_get_mac_address()") > which added the first one.
Yes, correct again. Wouldn't PPC also end up doing the same thing?
See also commit c762dff24c06 (for ixgbe) - without this fix sparc systems will come up with a bogus mac address and then you end up having to manually fix this in ugly ways.
--Sowmini
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