Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND] r8152: Add support for setting pass through MAC address on RTL8153-AD

So in order to hit this hypothetical corner case today you would 
need to be using a real world type-C device something such as a 
Dell WD15 on another OEM's machine that has type-C and the exact
same ACPI object name that does $BADSTUFF other than return a
buffer.

Exactly what I meant.
 

If that situation arises please alert me and I'll send a follow up
patch that whitelists this to match DMI vendor of only Dell 
systems.

I'm not sure if it's the most responsible way to approach this problem.
There were cases of laptops bricking (as in - they would never power on
ever again) just because Linux made some bad BIOS/ACPI calls. Also, see
the famous Samsung UEFI NVRAM fiasco or the recent pains with EFIVARS.

Regards,
MP
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