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[Mario Limonciello <superm1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Upstream hasn't flat out rejected this patch, but they also haven't been
openly accepting the patch.

As this is for enabling docks to properly work (as intended by OEM) in Ubuntu can this be carried as Ubuntu SAUCE?  The latest version of the patch and discussion about it is available here:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/631759/ 

It will only affect docks that have a special realtek chip with a
special bit set indicating that they are docks and should take the
firmware mac address.

Thanks,

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579984

Title:
  Dell dock MAC Address pass through doesn't work in Ubuntu

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Dell systems with Type-C ports support a feature called "MAC address" pass through.
  This feature allows systems to set a persistent system MAC address to be used with the TB15, WD15 and Type-C ethernet adapter.

  More information is available here:
  http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN301147/en

  This function works by a system specific MAC address (referred to as
  an auxiliary mac address) being programmed in the factory.  When the
  driver for the type-c ethernet (in dock or dongle) is loaded the MAC
  address is supposed to be overridden with this value.

  To enable this in Linux a kernel patch is needed.
  This has been submitted http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/631759/

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