From: "Leon M. Busch-George" <leon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Add the option 'ignore-local-mac-address' to allow ignoring bogus
addresses. This restores the ability to correctly set the MAC address from
the device tree if a boot program stores a randomly generated address in
'local-mac-address'.
Signed-off-by: Leon M. Busch-George <leon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
index b2785b03139f..67b8437febdf 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ properties:
minItems: 6
maxItems: 6
+ ignore-local-mac-address:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
+ description:
+ Indicates that 'local-mac-address' is to be ignored. This can
+ be useful when the boot program stores a bogus address.
+
mac-address:
description:
Specifies the MAC address that was last used by the boot
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