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: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:44:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1797888.1637135092@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211116184146.GF24579@bill-the-cat>
Dear Tom,
In message <20211116184146.GF24579@bill-the-cat> you wrote:
>
> Because honestly, the more I read this, the more I think
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20211115121152.3470910-1-m=
> ichael@walle.cc/
> is essentially the right direction. There's no reason for 'net list' to
> be using the environment here when ->enetaddr is what's being used by
> the stack. The use case of "I want to make my locally administered MAC
> persist because my USB ethernet adapter lacks a MAC address" is solved
> via the environment already.
If the MAC address is not placed in the environment, then how can a
user query the currently used MAC address? All documentation says
basically: run "printenv ethaddr".
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-17 7:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-29 11:14 [PATCH] net: uclass: Save ethernet MAC address when generated Michal Simek
2021-11-01 20:25 ` Ramon Fried
2021-11-02 9:00 ` Michael Walle
2021-11-02 10:27 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-03 16:57 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-04 11:18 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-04 11:37 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-04 11:43 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-04 12:59 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-04 13:06 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-04 2:09 ` Grygorii Strashko
2021-11-04 11:16 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-04 12:27 ` Michael Walle
2021-11-04 13:15 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-04 13:40 ` Michael Walle
2021-11-04 21:00 ` Ramon Fried
2021-11-09 13:55 ` Michael Walle
2021-11-11 9:10 ` Michael Walle
2021-11-16 14:18 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-16 14:56 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-16 18:41 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-17 7:44 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2021-11-17 11:50 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-17 12:24 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-17 12:35 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-17 15:56 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-17 16:15 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-18 7:08 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-18 9:46 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-18 14:51 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-18 16:29 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-18 19:04 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-18 19:54 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-19 12:30 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-20 15:56 ` Tom Rini
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