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Date:   Thu, 8 Nov 2018 10:49:04 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To:     Paolo Pisati <p.pisati@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [stable, netdev 4.4+] lan78xx: make sure RX_ADDRL &
 RX_ADDRH regs are always up to date
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On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 12:01:27PM +0100, Paolo Pisati wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 07:17:51PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> So why not just take 760db29bdc completely? It looks safer than taking a
>> partial backport, and will make applying future patches easier.
>>
>> I tried to do it and it doesn't look like there are any dependencies
>> that would cause an issue.
>
>Somehow i was convinced it didn't build on 4.4.x... can you pick it up?
>
>commit 760db29bdc97b73ff60b091315ad787b1deb5cf5
>Author: Phil Elwell <phil@raspberrypi.org>
>Date:   Thu Apr 19 17:59:38 2018 +0100
>
>    lan78xx: Read MAC address from DT if present
>
>    There is a standard mechanism for locating and using a MAC address from
>    the Device Tree. Use this facility in the lan78xx driver to support
>    applications without programmed EEPROM or OTP. At the same time,
>    regularise the handling of the different address sources.
>
>    Signed-off-by: Phil Elwell <phil@raspberrypi.org>
>    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

Can you confirm it actually works on 4.4?

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Thanks,
Sasha