Re: [PATCH v2] net: Add eth_platform_get_mac_address() helper.

On Jan 12, 2016, at 16:49, Sowmini Varadhan [off-list ref] wrote:

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On (01/06/16 16:33), David Miller wrote:

A repeating pattern in drivers has become to use OF node information
and, if not found, platform specific host information to extract the
ethernet address for a given device.

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Consolidate this into a portable routine, and provide the
arch_get_platform_mac_address() weak function hook for all
architectures to implement if they want.

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As promised back in November, I'm commiting this into net-next
now.  I'd work on the conversions of existing drivers, but I'd
rather someone with access to the hardware to so.

I finally have all the ducks lined up for ixgbe/i40e around this. 
Should I go ahead and send this off (I think it first gets staged 
through Jeff's repo?) or is it better to wait for net-next to be 
open again?

please go ahead and send it to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org so we can review and test the driver parts so when net-next opens it should be ready to push upstream.