[PATCH net-next] net: fs_enet: allow nvmem to override MAC address

Rosen Penev rosenp at gmail.com
Tue Feb 24 12:46:06 AEDT 2026


NVMEM typically loads after the ethernet driver and
of_get_ethdev_address returns -EPROBE_DEFER. return in such a case to
allow NVMEM to work.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
index 2cbcc29408e3..d3c772ed5fc9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
@@ -951,7 +951,9 @@ static int fs_enet_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	spin_lock_init(&fep->lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&fep->tx_lock);

-	of_get_ethdev_address(ofdev->dev.of_node, ndev);
+	ret = of_get_ethdev_address(ofdev->dev.of_node, ndev);
+	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		goto out_cleanup_data;

 	ret = fep->ops->allocate_bd(ndev);
 	if (ret)
--
2.53.0



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