Re: [PATCH] net: uclass: Save ethernet MAC address when generated

From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
Cc: Ramon Fried <rfried.dev@gmail.com>,
	Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>,
	Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@ti.com>,
	git <git@xilinx.com>, Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>,
	Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>,
	U-Boot Mailing List <u-boot@lists.denx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: uclass: Save ethernet MAC address when generated
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:46:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1901784.1637228788@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1889944.1637219294@gemini.denx.de>

Dear Tom,

In message <1889944.1637219294@gemini.denx.de> I wrote:
>
> > We're about to
> > introduce the 3rd variant.  I'd feel a whole lot better about taking in
> > a v2 of this patch that correct the help (and maybe updates
> > doc/README.enetaddr!) if someone could report back on what's going on
> > with the layerscape, imx* and socfpga platforms.  There's in fact a
> > number of platforms enabling it that I'm pretty sure DENX has or had the
> > hardware on, so can we get some spot checking done there?
>
> I will check and provide an update later, but from the best of my
> knowledge none of the boards we ported actually need or use this
> feature.  This is just a copy&paste mess.

We could not find even a single board maintained or upstreamed
by DENX where NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR was even mentioned in the
specifications, and certainly not a mandatory feature.

That's all copy & paste garbage.

Viele Grüße,

Wolfgang Denk

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