Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Sep 2023 13:37:34 +0200 | Subject | Re: Regression with AX88179A: can't manually set MAC address anymore | From | Sergio Callegari <> |
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On 06/09/2023 03:43, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 09:34:53PM +0200, Sergio Callegari wrote: >> I mean that with kernel 5.15 I could use the in-tree module with some >> glitches (interface occasionally stopping on teleconferencing) as well as >> the indicated out of tree module with no glitches. >> >> With current kernels (certainly from 6.2 on) manually setting a MAC address >> breaks the interface. Furthermore, even if it compiles and loads fine, it is >> impossible to use the out of tree module because it does not create the eth >> device anymore (the eth device now appears with the cdc_ncn module). Being >> this an out of tree module, this is not very important, though. > Then can you please file issue against your external module on that > GH link?
Done, but as mentioned, out-of-tree implementations on GH are less interesting than having the in-tree driver working properly.
So if the in-tree driver could be fixed to correctly support the manual configuration of the hardware (MAC) address as it used to be that would be the best. I hope that Andrew Lunn's hypothesis is correct, and that cdc_ncm can be extended to work with AX88179A even when a manual MAC addr is configured.
Thanks,
Sergio
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