[U-Boot-Users] Device tree and u-boot passing MAC addressquestions

[Jerry Van Baren <gerald.vanbaren@ge.com>]

Joe Hamman wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> 
> [snip]
> 
>> To get eth2 to link, I put this MAC in my device tree:
>>
>> local-mac-address = [ 00 E0 0C 00 02 FD ];
>>
>> Otherwise the kernel just sees a series of zero's . Is this change on
>> purpose and I missed what I need to do now?
>>
> 
> I recently encountered the same problem.  By using the 'fdt b' command, I
                                                               ^
"fdt p" I presume.                                            |

> was able to see that the MAC addresses were not being filled in prior to
> calling the kernel.
> 
> Adding aliases to the dtb file fixed my problem. (Search the mailing
> lists...)
> 
> Best regards,
> Joe