On 28.06.22 12:17, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 09:53:25AM +0800, Franklin Lin wrote: >> From: franklin_lin <franklin_lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Enable the support for providing a MAC address >> for a dock to use based on the VPD values set in the platform. > > Maybe i'm missing it, but i don't see any code which verifies this > r8152 is actually in the dock, and not a USB ethernet dongle plugged > into some port of either the laptop or the dock itself. And it will happily assign the same MAC to multiple devices. I am afraid this patch needs some basic redesign. Regards Oliver