2 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
index 3c62e66e1fcc..8c48b8a27b9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
     - model : Model of the device.  Can be "TSEC", "eTSEC", or "FEC"
     - compatible : Should be "gianfar"
     - reg : Offset and length of the register set for the device
-    - address : List of bytes representing the ethernet address of
+    - mac-address : List of bytes representing the ethernet address of
       this controller
     - interrupts : <a b> where a is the interrupt number and b is a
       field that represents an encoding of the sense and level
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
                 model = "TSEC";
                 compatible = "gianfar";
                 reg = <24000 1000>;
-                address = [ 00 E0 0C 00 73 00 ];
+                mac-address = [ 00 E0 0C 00 73 00 ];
                 interrupts = <d 3 e 3 12 3>;
                 interrupt-parent = <40000>;
                 phy-handle = <2452000>
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ not necessary as they are usually the same as the root node.
                         model = "TSEC";
                         compatible = "gianfar";
                         reg = <24000 1000>;
-                        address = [ 00 E0 0C 00 73 00 ];
+                        mac-address = [ 00 E0 0C 00 73 00 ];
                         interrupts = <d 3 e 3 12 3>;
                         interrupt-parent = <40000>;
                         phy-handle = <2452000>;
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ not necessary as they are usually the same as the root node.
                         model = "TSEC";
                         compatible = "gianfar";
                         reg = <25000 1000>;
-                        address = [ 00 E0 0C 00 73 01 ];
+                        mac-address = [ 00 E0 0C 00 73 01 ];
                         interrupts = <13 3 14 3 18 3>;
                         interrupt-parent = <40000>;
                         phy-handle = <2452001>;
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ not necessary as they are usually the same as the root node.
                         model = "FEC";
                         compatible = "gianfar";
                         reg = <26000 1000>;
-                        address = [ 00 E0 0C 00 73 02 ];
+                        mac-address = [ 00 E0 0C 00 73 02 ];
                         interrupts = <19 3>;
                         interrupt-parent = <40000>;
                         phy-handle = <2452002>;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c
index e983972132d8..12b65609c072 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c
@@ -169,8 +169,16 @@ static int __init gfar_of_init(void)
                         goto err;
                 }
 
-                mac_addr = get_property(np, "address", NULL);
-                memcpy(gfar_data.mac_addr, mac_addr, 6);
+                mac_addr = get_property(np, "local-mac-address", NULL);
+                if (mac_addr == NULL)
+                        mac_addr = get_property(np, "mac-address", NULL);
+                if (mac_addr == NULL) {
+                        /* Obsolete */
+                        mac_addr = get_property(np, "address", NULL);
+                }
+
+                if (mac_addr)
+                        memcpy(gfar_data.mac_addr, mac_addr, 6);
 
                 if (model && !strcasecmp(model, "TSEC"))
                         gfar_data.device_flags =