From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Detlev Zundel Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:52:29 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] net, kirkwood_egiga: init mac address before using network commands In-Reply-To: <4BB18E5F.6060705@denx.de> (Heiko Schocher's message of "Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:38:39 +0200") References: <4BB18E5F.6060705@denx.de> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Hello Heiko, > initialize mac address with the value from "ethaddr", before > doing some network commands. This is not in line with u-boot > design principle "not to initalize not used devices", and > maybe should go away, if there is a solution for passing > the mac address to arm linux kernels. > > Tested on the suen3 board. > > Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher Acked-by: Detlev Zundel My question about why doing this can negatively effect U-Boot still stands. I also actively request the U-Boot community to give feedback here - after all, this _is_ a community project and fixing real problems is one of the main tasks of a bootloader. Cheers Detlev -- Wenn ein Kopf und ein Buch zusammenstossen und es klingt hohl; ist denn das allemal im Buche? - Lichtenberg -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-40 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: dzu at denx.de