From: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [RFC] Program net device MAC addresses after initializing
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:18:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BBAE048.5080809@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1270450929-17004-1-git-send-email-biggerbadderben@gmail.com>
Hello Ben,
Ben Warren wrote:
> Add a new function to the eth_device struct for programming a network
> controller's hardware address.
>
> After all network devices have been initialized and the proper MAC address for
> each has been determined, make a device driver call to program the address
> into the device. Only device instances with valid unicast addresses will be
> programmed.
>
> This is a significant departure from existing U-boot behavior, but costs very
> little in startup time and addresses a very common complaint among developers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
bye
Heiko
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-06 7:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-05 7:02 [U-Boot] [RFC] Program net device MAC addresses after initializing Ben Warren
2010-04-06 7:18 ` Heiko Schocher [this message]
2010-04-06 8:02 ` Prafulla Wadaskar
2010-04-06 12:57 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-04-06 16:42 ` Ben Warren
2010-04-08 15:30 ` Detlev Zundel
2010-04-09 19:58 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-04-10 0:34 ` Ben Warren
2010-04-10 6:59 ` Wolfgang Denk
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