This is not supported anymore, devices needing a MAC address
just assign one at random, it's just a driver pecularity.
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
avoid relying on what a previous software agent such as a bootloader/firmware
may have previously configured.
-- set_addr: Some switches require the programming of the management interface's
- Ethernet MAC address, switch drivers can also disable ageing of MAC addresses
- on the management interface and "hardcode"/"force" this MAC address for the
- CPU/management interface as an optimization
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PHY devices and link management
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