From: Richard Mortimer <richm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:34:15 +0000 >>From 603b3377a6857448006c886f10c607d07c102b64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Richard Mortimer <richm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 00:08:54 +0000 > Subject: [PATCH] cassini: Use local-mac-address prom property for Cassini MAC address > > Fallback on the local-mac-address prom property if the Cassini device > does not have an address programmed in the VPD ROM. This uses the same > technique as implemented by the sungem driver. > > The problem was reported by Frans van Berckel using Debian kernel 2.6.34-7 > on Sun Fire V440. udev was assigning a new eth<n> device name on each reboot > because the cassini driver was using a random MAC address. > > Fix tested on 2.6.34-7 and 2.6.37 Sun Fire V440. Compile tested against > 2.6.36 davem/sparc-2.6.git > > Reported-by: Frans van Berckel <fberckel@xxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Frans van Berckel <fberckel@xxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Richard Mortimer <richm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Applied, thanks a lot. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
