On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 03:21:58PM +0200, Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez wrote:
> After the commit d2689b6a86b9 ("net: usb: ax88179_178a: avoid two
> consecutive device resets"), reset is not executed from bind operation and
> mac address is not read from the device registers or the devicetree at that
> moment. Since the check to configure if the assigned mac address is random
> or not for the interface, happens after the bind operation from
> usbnet_probe, the interface keeps configured as random address, although the
> address is correctly read and set during open operation (the only reset
> now).
>
> In order to keep only one reset for the device and to avoid the interface
> always configured as random address, after reset, configure correctly the
> suitable field from the driver, if the mac address is read successfully from
> the device registers or the devicetree. Take into account if a locally
> administered address (random) was previously stored.
>
> cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 6.6+
> Fixes: d2689b6a86b9 ("net: usb: ax88179_178a: avoid two consecutive device resets")
> Reported-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v4:
> - Add locally administerd address check as Jakub Kicinski suggests
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
