APPLIED [I]: [PATCH 0/1][SRU][H/OEM-5.13/OEM-5.14/U] UBUNTU: SAUCE: Fix invalid MAC address after hotplug tbt dock

[Andrea Righi]

On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 04:49:51PM +0800, Aaron Ma wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942999
> 
> SRU justification:
> 
> [Impact]
> igc driver can not connect to network after re-plugin thunderbolt dock
> when
> MAC passthrough enabled in BIOS.
> 
> [Fix]
> Wait for the MAC copy of BIOS when enabled MAC passthrough.
> Intel engineer wants a different solution and promise to discuss with
> firmware engineer.
> Due to the schedule, made this as a short term solution to fix the
> issue, and wait for the other
> fix from Intel.
> 
> [Test]
> Verified on hardware, after hotplug the thunderbolt cable,
> Ethernet works fine.
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> It may break the igc driver.

Applied to impish/linux 5.13.

Thanks,
-Andrea