| Message ID | 201209201833.38960.marex@denx.de (mailing list archive) |
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Le 20/09/2012 18:33, Marek Vasut a écrit : > Dear Maxime Ripard, > >> Hi Marek, >> >> Le 20/09/2012 15:10, Marek Vasut a écrit : >>>>> If barebox can't handle even basic DT fixup, it's broken. >>>> >>>> It can. It maybe was just not needed up to now, dunno. >>> >>> Fix it and send patch, so this problem doesn't spread. >> >> I'm sorry, but you still miss the point. >> >> If someone wants to use another bootloader than U-boot (or a possible >> patched barebox), or none other than the bootlets to boot directly the >> Linux (with an appended device tree), you will still have no way to get >> the NIC from the OCOTP, and I'm sorry, but it is just wrong. >> >> The kernel shouldn't rely on a particular feature of a given bootloader. > > So what do you think about this patch (skip loading from OCOTP if it's already > present in DT): > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c > index 71d47f5..4f014ef 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c > @@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ static void __init update_fec_mac_prop(enum mac_oui oui) > np = of_find_compatible_node(from, NULL, "fsl,imx28-fec"); > if (!np) > return; > + > + if (of_get_property(np, "local-mac-address", NULL)) > + continue; > + > from = np; > > newmac = kzalloc(sizeof(*newmac) + 6, GFP_KERNEL); That definitely looks like the best solution, yes. You can add my Acked-by if you want. Maxime
Dear Maxime Ripard, > Le 20/09/2012 18:33, Marek Vasut a écrit : > > Dear Maxime Ripard, > > > >> Hi Marek, > >> > >> Le 20/09/2012 15:10, Marek Vasut a écrit : > >>>>> If barebox can't handle even basic DT fixup, it's broken. > >>>> > >>>> It can. It maybe was just not needed up to now, dunno. > >>> > >>> Fix it and send patch, so this problem doesn't spread. > >> > >> I'm sorry, but you still miss the point. > >> > >> If someone wants to use another bootloader than U-boot (or a possible > >> patched barebox), or none other than the bootlets to boot directly the > >> Linux (with an appended device tree), you will still have no way to get > >> the NIC from the OCOTP, and I'm sorry, but it is just wrong. > >> > >> The kernel shouldn't rely on a particular feature of a given bootloader. > > > > So what do you think about this patch (skip loading from OCOTP if it's > > already present in DT): > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c > > index 71d47f5..4f014ef 100644 > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c > > @@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ static void __init update_fec_mac_prop(enum mac_oui > > oui) > > > > np = of_find_compatible_node(from, NULL, > > "fsl,imx28-fec"); if (!np) > > > > return; > > > > + > > + if (of_get_property(np, "local-mac-address", NULL)) > > + continue; > > + > > > > from = np; > > > > newmac = kzalloc(sizeof(*newmac) + 6, GFP_KERNEL); > > That definitely looks like the best solution, yes. Two things I'm not sure about: 1) Use of_get_property() for this task or some other of_*() ? 2) I'll send it as a separate patch Thanks! > You can add my Acked-by if you want. > > Maxime Best regards, Marek Vasut
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c index 71d47f5..4f014ef 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/mach-mxs.c @@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ static void __init update_fec_mac_prop(enum mac_oui oui) np = of_find_compatible_node(from, NULL, "fsl,imx28-fec"); if (!np) return; + + if (of_get_property(np, "local-mac-address", NULL)) + continue; + from = np; newmac = kzalloc(sizeof(*newmac) + 6, GFP_KERNEL);