[PATCH net-next 2/2] net: ethernet: cortina: fix nvmem mac addresses

Rosen Penev rosenp at gmail.com
Thu Feb 19 18:19:49 PST 2026


of_get_mac_address can return EPROBE_DEFER in case an nvmem driver needs
to be loaded. Handle to allow nvmem mac address overrides.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
index 8726e5ffbce7..4225676662c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
@@ -2525,6 +2525,8 @@ static int gemini_ethernet_port_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	netif_napi_add(netdev, &port->napi, gmac_napi_poll);
 
 	ret = of_get_mac_address(np, mac);
+	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		return ret;
 	if (!ret) {
 		dev_info(dev, "Setting macaddr from DT %pM\n", mac);
 		memcpy(port->mac_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
-- 
2.53.0




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