[PATCH 2/4] dt-bindings: doc: Reflect new NVMEM of_get_mac_address behaviour

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Sun Apr 28 02:31:27 AEST 2019


> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt
> index 2974e63..1e2bc9a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet.txt
> @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/phy-bindings.txt.
>    the boot program; should be used in cases where the MAC address assigned to
>    the device by the boot program is different from the "local-mac-address"
>    property;
> +- nvmem-cells: phandle, reference to an nvmem node for the MAC address
> +- nvmem-cell-names: string, should be "mac-address" if nvmem is to be used

You put the new values after local-mac-address and mac-address. That
suggests they are of lower priority. That conflicts with the current
patch. If you think NVMEM should take priority, please put the
properties first.

	   Andrew


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