It is already possible to read the MAC address via a NVMEM provider. But
there are boards, esp. with many ports, which only have a base MAC
address stored. Thus we need to have a way to provide an offset per
network device.

Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <mich...@walle.cc>
---
 .../devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml        | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml 
b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
index e8f04687a3e0..1a8517b0e445 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ properties:
   nvmem-cell-names:
     const: mac-address
 
+  nvmem-mac-address-offset:
+    maxItems: 1
+    description:
+      Specifies an offset which will be added to the MAC address when
+      fetched from a nvmem cell.
+
   phy-connection-type:
     description:
       Specifies interface type between the Ethernet device and a physical
-- 
2.20.1

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