[Intel-wired-lan] [next] igb: allow setting MAC address on i211 using a device tree blob

[John Holland]

> On Feb 9, 2016, at 18:42, Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> It seem to me this should be using eth_platform_get_mac_address(), a
> slightly more generic method to do this.  See the i40e driver for an
> example, commit d9a84324e6 I believe.
> 
I believe you are referring to https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/566806. Haven't seen this used upstream yet. And, does that not mandate CONFIG_OF?

John