> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:and...@lunn.ch] > Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2016 2:10 PM > To: Limonciello, Mario <mario_limoncie...@dell.com> > Cc: gre...@linuxfoundation.org; hayesw...@realtek.com; linux- > ker...@vger.kernel.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux- > u...@vger.kernel.org; pali.ro...@gmail.com; anthony.w...@canonical.com > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] r8152: Add support for setting MAC to system's > Auxiliary MAC address > > On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 07:04:32PM +0000, mario_limoncie...@dell.com > wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:and...@lunn.ch] > > > Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2016 2:03 PM > > > To: Limonciello, Mario <mario_limoncie...@dell.com> > > > Cc: gre...@linuxfoundation.org; hayesw...@realtek.com; linux- > > > ker...@vger.kernel.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux- > > > u...@vger.kernel.org; pali.ro...@gmail.com; > anthony.w...@canonical.com > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] r8152: Add support for setting MAC to system's > > > Auxiliary MAC address > > > > > > > > And you want to check this for all Dell devices? Please be model > > > > > specific, I doubt a bunch of Dell servers wants to run this code... > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tracking model specific is really going to turn into a giant list never > ending > > > list. > > > > To drill down more specifically, I can match on chassis too. > > > > > > Does Dell happen to use its own USB Vendor ID for the USB device in > > > the dock? You could go at this problem from the other direction if it > > > does have a unique vendor ID. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > Unfortunately it's not a Dell specific VID/PID. I'm asking around to find > > out > > if there is something else identifiable about this dock's NIC (maybe that > r8152 > > can query). > > lsusb -v > > I assume there is a USB hub in the dock, maybe that has a Dell VID? > Going one level up the USB tree hierarchy should not be too hard. > > Andrew
I confirmed with some internal contacts a few extra bits about questions about this from throughout the conversation. 1) This feature IS in the general Realtek driver for Windows, not a special Dell driver. 2) The feature only offered to the Realtek 8153-AD, no other Realtek chip will do it (even Realtek 8153-VB won't). 3) The feature is activated when a special "Docking" bit is set on the 8153-AD. 4) The feature is activated on all Realtek 8153-AD's on the host system with the docking bit set. So on Windows if two Dell docks were hooked up they would both have the same AUX MAC. So considering that I think it would make sense to only activate in those same special circumstances (RTL8153-AD, docking bit set, system has \\_SB.AMAC). I also feel this should stay in the Realtek driver as this as this implementation is very Realtek specific.
