Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND] r8152: Add support for setting pass through MAC address on RTL8153-AD

2016-07-13 Thread Michał Pecio
> So in order to hit this hypothetical corner case today you would > need to be using a real world type-C device something such as a > Dell WD15 on another OEM's machine that has type-C and the exact > same ACPI object name that does $BADSTUFF other than return a > buffer. Exactly what I meant.

RE: [PATCH v6 RESEND] r8152: Add support for setting pass through MAC address on RTL8153-AD

2016-07-12 Thread Mario_Limonciello
ev@vger.kernel.org; linux- > u...@vger.kernel.org; anthony.w...@canonical.com > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND] r8152: Add support for setting pass through > MAC address on RTL8153-AD > > > From: Mario Limonciello <mario_limoncie...@dell.com> > > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:58:04

Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND] r8152: Add support for setting pass through MAC address on RTL8153-AD

2016-07-12 Thread Michał Pecio
> From: Mario Limonciello > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:58:04 -0500 > > > The RTL8153-AD supports a persistent system specific MAC address. > > This means a device plugged into two different systems with host > > side support will show different (but persistent) MAC

Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND] r8152: Add support for setting pass through MAC address on RTL8153-AD

2016-07-11 Thread David Miller
From: Mario Limonciello Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:58:04 -0500 > The RTL8153-AD supports a persistent system specific MAC address. > This means a device plugged into two different systems with host side > support will show different (but persistent) MAC addresses. > >

[PATCH v6 RESEND] r8152: Add support for setting pass through MAC address on RTL8153-AD

2016-07-11 Thread Mario Limonciello
The RTL8153-AD supports a persistent system specific MAC address. This means a device plugged into two different systems with host side support will show different (but persistent) MAC addresses. This information for the system's persistent MAC address is burned in when the system HW is built and