Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2026-05-04
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[PATCH net-next] net: mtk_star_emac: use of_get_ethdev_address

From: Rosen Penev <hidden>
Date: 2026-05-04 03:10:40
Also in: linux-arm-kernel, linux-mediatek, lkml
Subsystem: mediatek ethernet driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Felix Fietkau, Lorenzo Bianconi, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

The platform_ variant calls arch_get_platform_mac_address which is only
implemented under SPARC.

Switch to the of variant as of functions are used in the surrounding
code and to get EPROBE_DEFER support in order to handle NVMEM MAC
address specifications.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_star_emac.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_star_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_star_emac.c
index b83886a41121..774ecc98ebe1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_star_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_star_emac.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,9 @@ static int mtk_star_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = platform_get_ethdev_address(dev, ndev);
+	ret = of_get_ethdev_address(of_node, ndev);
+	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		return ret;
 	if (ret || !is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 
-- 
2.54.0
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