/** * Search the device tree for the best MAC address to use. 'mac-address' is * checked first, because that is supposed to contain to "most recent" MAC * address. If that isn't set, then 'local-mac-address' is checked next, * because that is the default address. If that isn't set, then the obsolete * 'address' is checked, just in case we're using an old device tree. * * Note that the 'address' property is supposed to contain a virtual address of * the register set, but some DTS files have redefined that property to be the * MAC address. * * All-zero MAC addresses are rejected, because those could be properties that * exist in the device tree, but were not set by U-Boot. For example, the * DTS could define 'mac-address' and 'local-mac-address', with zero MAC * addresses. Some older U-Boots only initialized 'local-mac-address'. In * this case, the real MAC is in 'local-mac-address', and 'mac-address' exists * but is all zeros. */ void *device_get_mac_address(struct device *dev, char *addr, int alen) { addr = device_get_mac_addr(dev, "mac-address", addr, alen); if (addr) return addr; addr = device_get_mac_addr(dev, "local-mac-address", addr, alen); if (addr) return addr; return device_get_mac_addr(dev, "address", addr, alen); }
/** * device_get_mac_address - Get the MAC for a given device * @dev: Pointer to the device * @addr: Address of buffer to store the MAC in * @alen: Length of the buffer pointed to by addr, should be ETH_ALEN * * Search the firmware node for the best MAC address to use. 'mac-address' is * checked first, because that is supposed to contain to "most recent" MAC * address. If that isn't set, then 'local-mac-address' is checked next, * because that is the default address. If that isn't set, then the obsolete * 'address' is checked, just in case we're using an old device tree. * * Note that the 'address' property is supposed to contain a virtual address of * the register set, but some DTS files have redefined that property to be the * MAC address. * * All-zero MAC addresses are rejected, because those could be properties that * exist in the firmware tables, but were not updated by the firmware. For * example, the DTS could define 'mac-address' and 'local-mac-address', with * zero MAC addresses. Some older U-Boots only initialized 'local-mac-address'. * In this case, the real MAC is in 'local-mac-address', and 'mac-address' * exists but is all zeros. */ void *device_get_mac_address(struct device *dev, char *addr, int alen) { char *res; res = device_get_mac_addr(dev, "mac-address", addr, alen); if (res) return res; res = device_get_mac_addr(dev, "local-mac-address", addr, alen); if (res) return res; return device_get_mac_addr(dev, "address", addr, alen); }