On Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 04:50:44PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote: > Dell systems with Type-C ports have support for a persistent system > specific MAC address when used with Dell Type-C docks and dongles. > This means a dock plugged into two different systems will show different > (but persistent) MAC addresses. Dell Type-C docks and dongles use the > r8152 driver. > > This information for the system's persistent MAC address is burned in when > the HW is built and avilable under _SB\AMAC in the DSDT at runtime. > > More information about the technology is available here: > http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/SLN301147 > > Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@xxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/usb/Kconfig | 1 + > drivers/net/usb/r8152.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig b/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig > index cdde590..c320930 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig > @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ config USB_RTL8150 > config USB_RTL8152 > tristate "Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153 Based USB Ethernet Adapters" > select MII > + depends on ACPI Hi Mario That seems a bit heavy handed. What about ARM or MIPS machines which don't use ACPI but do have USB ports where i could plug in a USB dongle with this chipset. I think it would be better to make use of ACPI if it is available, but don't require it in order the build the driver. Andrew -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
