[PATCH v1 06/11] net: fec_imx: use of_get_mac_address() to get mac address out of DT

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Mon Aug 3 16:13:14 EDT 2020


On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 12:33:21PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> A mac address can be provided by the DT over nvmem cell. Start to use
> of_get_mac_address() since it will be able to read nvmem cell for us.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel at pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  drivers/net/fec_imx.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/fec_imx.c b/drivers/net/fec_imx.c
> index 0c2d600d12..578a85c28b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/fec_imx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/fec_imx.c
> @@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ static void fec_free_receive_packets(struct fec_priv *fec, int count, int size)
>  static int fec_probe_dt(struct device_d *dev, struct fec_priv *fec)
>  {
>  	struct device_node *mdiobus;
> +	const char *mac_addr;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	ret = of_get_phy_mode(dev->device_node);
> @@ -640,6 +641,14 @@ static int fec_probe_dt(struct device_d *dev, struct fec_priv *fec)
>  	if (mdiobus)
>  		fec->miibus.dev.device_node = mdiobus;
>  
> +	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(dev->device_node);
> +	if (IS_ERR(mac_addr))
> +		return PTR_ERR(mac_addr);

A MAC address *can* be provided by the DT, but it's not mandatory, no?
Shouldn't you return successfully here when no MAC adress is found?

Sascha

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