From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] why eeprom vs flash
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:51:08 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200802141351.09345.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910802141038h16afb653l8b6c8a0181ea109f@mail.gmail.com>
On Thursday 14 February 2008, Jon Smirl wrote:
> I'm new to working on low level code like u-boot. Something I don't
> understand is why things like the Ethernet address are stored in
> eeprom instead of flash. Is this something to do with how boards are
> manufactured? From a high level perspective it doesn't seem to matter
> if eeprom or flash is used.
most MACs have a small eeprom attached to it to specifically store the MAC
address. consult the datasheet for your MAC.
-mike
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-14 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-14 18:38 [U-Boot-Users] why eeprom vs flash Jon Smirl
2008-02-14 18:47 ` David Hawkins
2008-02-14 18:59 ` Jon Smirl
2008-02-14 19:36 ` Edward Jubenville
2008-02-14 20:50 ` Andrew Dyer
2008-02-14 20:01 ` Jerry Van Baren
2008-02-14 20:15 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-14 21:20 ` David Hawkins
2008-02-14 18:51 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2008-02-14 19:12 ` Wolfgang Denk
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