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

[Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)]

Le 24/02/2026 à 02:46, Rosen Penev a écrit :
> 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;

What about other error cases ? Shouldn't it exit on all types of errors ?

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