Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Add ACPI bindings to the genet

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Feb 24 2020 - 18:31:50 EST


From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 15:09:36 -0800

> On 2/24/20 2:53 PM, Jeremy Linton wrote:
>> This patch series allows the BCM GENET, as used on the RPi4,
>> to attach when booted in an ACPI environment. The DSDT entry to
>> trigger this is seen below. Of note, the first patch adds a
>> small extension to the mdio layer which allows drivers to find
>> the mii_bus without firmware assistance. The fifth patch in
>> the set retrieves the MAC address from the umac registers
>> rather than carrying it directly in the DSDT. This of course
>> requires the firmware to pre-program it, so we continue to fall
>> back on a random one if it appears to be garbage.
>
> Thanks for your persistence on this I was able to apply this to the
> latest net-next tree and give this a spin on a STB chip (which uses DT)
> and did not see any issues, so:
>
> Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>

Series applied, thanks everyone.