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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] net: dsa: microchip: ksz9477: make switch MAC address configurable
> The DSA driver used to have an API to set the MAC address to the switch,
> but it was removed because nobody used it.

That is a long time ago, when Marvell was about the only supported
vendor. As far as i understood, it was used to set the MAC source
address used when sending pause frames. But since pause frames are
link local by definition, and the switches had a reasonable default,
it was removed.

Andrew

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