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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: handle probe deferral
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Date:   Fri, 14 Jul 2023 07:50:21 +0000
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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 03:42:29 +0100 you wrote:
> Move the call to of_get_ethdev_address to mtk_add_mac which is part of
> the probe function and can hence itself return -EPROBE_DEFER should
> of_get_ethdev_address return -EPROBE_DEFER. This allows us to entirely
> get rid of the mtk_init function.
> 
> The problem of of_get_ethdev_address returning -EPROBE_DEFER surfaced
> in situations in which the NVMEM provider holding the MAC address has
> not yet be loaded at the time mtk_eth_soc is initially probed. In this
> case probing of mtk_eth_soc should be deferred instead of falling back
> to use a random MAC address, so once the NVMEM provider becomes
> available probing can be repeated.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: handle probe deferral
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/1d6d537dc55d

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