--- zzzz-none-000/linux-4.9.218/drivers/of/of_net.c	2020-04-02 15:20:41.000000000 +0000
+++ seale-7590ac-750/linux-4.9.218/drivers/of/of_net.c	2022-11-30 09:46:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/of_net.h>
 #include <linux/phy.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
 
 /**
  * of_get_phy_mode - Get phy mode for given device_node
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_phy_mode);
 
-static const void *of_get_mac_addr(struct device_node *np, const char *name)
+static void *of_get_mac_addr(struct device_node *np, const char *name)
 {
 	struct property *pp = of_find_property(np, name, NULL);
 
@@ -47,6 +48,73 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static const void *of_get_mac_address_mtd(struct device_node *np)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD
+	struct device_node *mtd_np = NULL;
+	struct property *prop;
+	size_t retlen;
+	int size, ret;
+	struct mtd_info *mtd;
+	const char *part;
+	const __be32 *list;
+	phandle phandle;
+	u32 mac_inc = 0;
+	u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
+	void *addr;
+
+	list = of_get_property(np, "mtd-mac-address", &size);
+	if (!list || (size != (2 * sizeof(*list))))
+		return NULL;
+
+	phandle = be32_to_cpup(list++);
+	if (phandle)
+		mtd_np = of_find_node_by_phandle(phandle);
+
+	if (!mtd_np)
+		return NULL;
+
+	part = of_get_property(mtd_np, "label", NULL);
+	if (!part)
+		part = mtd_np->name;
+
+	mtd = get_mtd_device_nm(part);
+	if (IS_ERR(mtd))
+		return NULL;
+
+	ret = mtd_read(mtd, be32_to_cpup(list), 6, &retlen, mac);
+	put_mtd_device(mtd);
+
+	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "mtd-mac-address-increment", &mac_inc))
+		mac[5] += mac_inc;
+
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac))
+		return NULL;
+
+	addr = of_get_mac_addr(np, "mac-address");
+	if (addr) {
+		memcpy(addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
+		return addr;
+	}
+
+	prop = kzalloc(sizeof(*prop), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!prop)
+		return NULL;
+
+	prop->name = "mac-address";
+	prop->length = ETH_ALEN;
+	prop->value = kmemdup(mac, ETH_ALEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!prop->value || of_add_property(np, prop))
+		goto free;
+
+	return prop->value;
+free:
+	kfree(prop->value);
+	kfree(prop);
+#endif
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * Search the device tree for the best MAC address to use.  'mac-address' is
  * checked first, because that is supposed to contain to "most recent" MAC
@@ -64,11 +132,18 @@
  * addresses.  Some older U-Boots only initialized 'local-mac-address'.  In
  * this case, the real MAC is in 'local-mac-address', and 'mac-address' exists
  * but is all zeros.
+ *
+ * If a mtd-mac-address property exists, try to fetch the MAC address from the
+ * specified mtd device, and store it as a 'mac-address' property
 */
 const void *of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	const void *addr;
 
+	addr = of_get_mac_address_mtd(np);
+	if (addr)
+		return addr;
+
 	addr = of_get_mac_addr(np, "mac-address");
 	if (addr)
 		return addr;