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Vivien Didelot says:

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net: dsa: remove .set_addr

An Ethernet switch may support having a MAC address, which can be used
as the switch's source address in transmitted full-duplex Pause frames.

If a DSA switch supports the related .set_addr operation, the DSA core
sets the master's MAC address on the switch.

This won't make sense anymore in a multi-CPU ports system, because there
won't be a unique master device assigned to a switch tree.

Moreover this operation is confusing because it makes the user think
that it could be used to program the switch with the MAC address of the
CPU/management port such that MAC address learning can be disabled on
said port, but in fact, that's not how it is currently used.

To fix this, assign a random MAC address at setup time in the mv88e6060
and mv88e6xxx drivers before removing .set_addr completely from DSA.

Changes in v3:
  - include fix for mv88e6060 switch MAC address setter.

Changes in v2:
  - remove .set_addr implementation from drivers and use a random MAC.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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David S. Miller 2017-10-14 18:30:07 -07:00
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