From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751232AbcFCCBm (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jun 2016 22:01:42 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:54160 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750970AbcFCCBl (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jun 2016 22:01:41 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2016 19:01:39 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Mario_Limonciello@Dell.com Cc: hayeswang@realtek.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, pali.rohar@gmail.com, anthony.wong@canonical.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] r8152: Add support for setting MAC to system's Auxiliary MAC address Message-ID: <20160603020139.GA3668@kroah.com> References: <1464886687-16284-1-git-send-email-mario_limonciello@dell.com> <1464886687-16284-2-git-send-email-mario_limonciello@dell.com> <20160602174808.GA32131@kroah.com> <2d81e70165b8447d92b873eafeaeded7@ausx13mpc124.AMER.DELL.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2d81e70165b8447d92b873eafeaeded7@ausx13mpc124.AMER.DELL.COM> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 06:32:42PM +0000, Mario_Limonciello@Dell.com wrote: > > And you want to check this for all Dell devices? Please be model > > specific, I doubt a bunch of Dell servers wants to run this code... > > > > Tracking model specific is really going to turn into a giant list never ending list. > To drill down more specifically, I can match on chassis too. Yes, as this is a vendor/platform-specific "quirk", you will have to update it for each and every individual device you want it enabled as it is so different from what all other drivers do. thanks, greg k-h