Ming

On 10/07/2013 06:42 AM, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 1:31 AM, Dan Murphy <dmur...@ti.com> wrote:
>> On 10/06/2013 10:05 AM, Ming Lei wrote:
>>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 2:25 AM, Dan Murphy <dmur...@ti.com> wrote:
>>>> If the smsc95xx does not have a valid MAC address stored within
>>>> the eeprom then a random number is generated.  The MAC can also
>>>> be set by uBoot but the smsc95xx does not have a way to read this.
>>>>
>>>> Create the binding for the smsc95xx so that uBoot can set the MAC
>>>> and the code can retrieve the MAC from the modified DTB file.
>>> Suppose there are two smsc95xx usbnet devices connected to usb bus, and
>>> one is built-in, another is hotplug device, can your patch handle the 
>>> situation
>>> correctly?
>> Look at this line in the patch below
>>
>> sprintf(of_name, "%s%i", SMSC95XX_OF_NAME, dev->udev->dev.id);
>>
>> I am appending the dev ID of the device to the of_name here.  As long as 
>> init_mac_address is called, the dev.id and the uBoot
>> entry match then yes.
> Currently, non-root-hub usb device is created and added into usb bus without
> any platform(device tree) knowledge, so you can't expect the match here.
>
> Also not mention the two smsc95xx devices may attach to two different
> usb host controllers(buses).
>
> Thanks,

You are correct I don't expect a match for PnP devices only devices that are 
hard wired.

After thinking of it I should move the OF code below the EEPROM code as the 
EEPROM should take preference over the DT code.

I will need to post V2 for that.

Dan

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