From: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@mvista.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] Write MAC address whenever ethernet subsystem is initialized
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:37:27 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E579387.1090707@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1314350667-13314-1-git-send-email-inguin@gmx.de>
Hello.
On 26-08-2011 13:24, Ingo van Lil wrote:
> Currently the ethernet MAC address is read from the 'ethaddr'
> environment variable into the dev->enetaddr field each time the network
> hardware is initialized, but it is written to the actual hardware only
> once at board startup. When 'ethaddr' is set or changed after startup
> the device can no longer receive packets because the hardware filter is
> still programmed to the old MAC.
> This patch moves the writing of the hardware address from eth_initialize
> (board startup) to eth_init (just before actually using the network).
You didn't sign off the patch...
WBR, Sergei
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-26 12:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-26 9:24 [U-Boot] [PATCH] Write MAC address whenever ethernet subsystem is initialized Ingo van Lil
2011-08-26 12:37 ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]
2011-08-26 12:43 ` Ingo van Lil
2011-08-26 19:20 ` Mike Frysinger
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