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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-01-10 08:57:03 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-01-10 08:57:03 -0800 |
commit | 0bd2cbcdfaff9cb22267d66fc843fa4f73f0c281 (patch) | |
tree | 7d9732bcf5f2f646cb0c2c529c48b454b15d4ae2 /drivers/of/of_net.c | |
parent | 57cc7215b70856dc6bae8e55b00ecd7b1d7429b1 (diff) | |
parent | a081748735c5feb96b1365e78a5ff0fb6ca7e3a4 (diff) |
Merge branch 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6
* 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6: (29 commits)
of/flattree: forward declare struct device_node in of_fdt.h
ipmi: explicitly include of_address.h and of_irq.h
sparc: explicitly cast negative phandle checks to s32
powerpc/405: Fix missing #{address,size}-cells in i2c node
powerpc/5200: dts: refactor dts files
powerpc/5200: dts: Change combatible strings on localbus
powerpc/5200: dts: remove unused properties
powerpc/5200: dts: rename nodes to prepare for refactoring dts files
of/flattree: Update dtc to current mainline.
of/device: Don't register disabled devices
powerpc/dts: fix syntax bugs in bluestone.dts
of: Fixes for OF probing on little endian systems
of: make drivers depend on CONFIG_OF instead of CONFIG_PPC_OF
of/flattree: Add of_flat_dt_match() helper function
of_serial: explicitly include of_irq.h
of/flattree: Refactor unflatten_device_tree and add fdt_unflatten_tree
of/flattree: Reorder unflatten_dt_node
of/flattree: Refactor unflatten_dt_node
of/flattree: Add non-boottime device tree functions
of/flattree: Add Kconfig for EARLY_FLATTREE
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Fix up trivial conflict in arch/sparc/prom/tree_32.c as per Grant.
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/of/of_net.c')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/of/of_net.c | 48 |
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_net.c b/drivers/of/of_net.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..86f334a2769c --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/of/of_net.c @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +/* + * OF helpers for network devices. + * + * This file is released under the GPLv2 + * + * Initially copied out of arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_parse.c + */ +#include <linux/etherdevice.h> +#include <linux/kernel.h> +#include <linux/of_net.h> + +/** + * Search the device tree for the best MAC address to use. 'mac-address' is + * checked first, because that is supposed to contain to "most recent" MAC + * address. If that isn't set, then 'local-mac-address' is checked next, + * because that is the default address. If that isn't set, then the obsolete + * 'address' is checked, just in case we're using an old device tree. + * + * Note that the 'address' property is supposed to contain a virtual address of + * the register set, but some DTS files have redefined that property to be the + * MAC address. + * + * All-zero MAC addresses are rejected, because those could be properties that + * exist in the device tree, but were not set by U-Boot. For example, the + * DTS could define 'mac-address' and 'local-mac-address', with zero MAC + * addresses. Some older U-Boots only initialized 'local-mac-address'. In + * this case, the real MAC is in 'local-mac-address', and 'mac-address' exists + * but is all zeros. +*/ +const void *of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np) +{ + struct property *pp; + + pp = of_find_property(np, "mac-address", NULL); + if (pp && (pp->length == 6) && is_valid_ether_addr(pp->value)) + return pp->value; + + pp = of_find_property(np, "local-mac-address", NULL); + if (pp && (pp->length == 6) && is_valid_ether_addr(pp->value)) + return pp->value; + + pp = of_find_property(np, "address", NULL); + if (pp && (pp->length == 6) && is_valid_ether_addr(pp->value)) + return pp->value; + + return NULL; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_get_mac_address); |