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[2/2] dt-bindings: net: add option to ignore local-mac-address

Message ID 20240517123909.680686-2-leon@georgemail.de
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Leon M. Busch-George May 17, 2024, 12:39 p.m. UTC 
From: "Leon M. Busch-George" <leon@georgemail.eu>

Add the option 'ignore-local-mac-address' to allow ignoring bogus
addresses. This restores the ability to correctly set the MAC address from
the device tree if a boot program stores a randomly generated address in
'local-mac-address'.

Signed-off-by: Leon M. Busch-George <leon@georgemail.eu>
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 .../devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml        | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
index b2785b03139f..67b8437febdf 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-controller.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@  properties:
     minItems: 6
     maxItems: 6
 
+  ignore-local-mac-address:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
+    description:
+      Indicates that 'local-mac-address' is to be ignored. This can
+      be useful when the boot program stores a bogus address.
+
   mac-address:
     description:
       Specifies the MAC address that was last used by the boot