From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F0C7C433F5 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:20:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=dpeQuROdjzt7Srrw2HfjeqIBQyvUXxAua9NItT11IKc=; b=sNfjoULAs53lxr iFHey6/g+FR8RCFMFRDaJUu/XjTyq4iTU5kEv7l7HHafLKo/5iYuipfjkghKaiflivPdv/DObuNYR 3Hif2V8aXECUpUIH7AxaChpzxKg23Gx1SeM2dfAQ6b8MQOseBLykB+ejU+Zcv0VqnTfNGZ6+d2kHJ 9BtZnD68pJ5WbDWLdsNVMxjA0Qt4p6e9ndh7YUFcAsBDmofFsPQrT6055FALkGgZ60GrHob0Pnml4 TpHwzfUgA4TnD2+jxvAoD4VQkTV3OCkwVpvM0D5XgGt90RjHt2wvZ8YbcTl1Obt7pOXTyq+O8/WYT OVDFIDR2szJ4OZNkhsLA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1njrrr-0044EK-KF; Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:18:47 +0000 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([185.16.172.187]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1njrrp-0044Dw-DQ for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:18:46 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Disposition:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:From:Sender:Reply-To:Subject: Date:Message-ID:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:References; bh=0E/cZusX8gpwqJUzB3w+9Rv4b0UfsFQ/mLYGkgPRNOs=; b=y+ijRyxoQ1DISj2pwyZhtX+dHL M4WdFl3JEly9NjkHVun/hJOB598V0S2NlmSQ/hmaUhZfNe1JEry1+g2CC5ZdvMiUbVXpr+WdhZpNZ Z6VhLCnpiXNNlNqkZfVwWLwn2+rrShqobX+ZUcWZfC86PLNJ3ujm64lhIYVPlaBe12qk=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1njrrd-000Cwl-Qv; Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:18:33 +0200 Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:18:33 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Mauri Sandberg , SoC Team , Linux ARM , DTML , Olof Johansson , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Sebastian Hesselbarth Subject: Re: [RFC RFT PATCH v1 0/1] ARM: orion5x: convert D-Link DNS-323 to the Device Tree Message-ID: References: <20220427162123.110458-1-maukka@ext.kapsi.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20220427_171845_487552_4E428E3D X-CRM114-Status: UNSURE ( 9.84 ) X-CRM114-Notice: Please train this message. X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org > > - there is no concensus on how to get ascii formatted MAC address from mtd > > partitions so eth is not fully functional without setting the MAC from > > userspace > > Ideally this is handled by the boot loader, but that requires being > able to update > it. The mv643xx Ethernet driver is happy if it finds the MAC address already in the hardware. The vendor uboot often does this. Does tftp boot work in uboot? That would indicate it has access to the MAC address. Andrew _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel