> I would not say it is a "new feature". But rather that patch in this > email fixes issue that Linux kernel did not set correct MAC address for > DSA slave ports. I think it is something which could be backported also > to stable releases as "ignoring" vendor/factory MAC address is not > correct behavior. Hi Pali The rules for stable are here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.8/process/stable-kernel-rules.html Do you think it fits? Andrew