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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Mauri Sandberg <maukka@ext.kapsi.fi>, SoC Team <soc@kernel.org>,
	Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	DTML <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC RFT PATCH v1 0/1] ARM: orion5x: convert D-Link DNS-323 to the Device Tree
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:18:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YmndWe63ELJbQe20@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a0p-ev50UfGiHCpMM5Jz5Mf8pdfQtNep0M7qi7PANSBVg@mail.gmail.com>

> > - there is no concensus on how to get ascii formatted MAC address from mtd
> >   partitions so eth is not fully functional without setting the MAC from
> >   userspace
> 
> Ideally this is handled by the boot loader, but that requires being
> able to update
> it.

The mv643xx Ethernet driver is happy if it finds the MAC address
already in the hardware. The vendor uboot often does this. Does tftp
boot work in uboot? That would indicate it has access to the MAC
address.

	Andrew

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Mauri Sandberg <maukka@ext.kapsi.fi>, SoC Team <soc@kernel.org>,
	Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	DTML <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC RFT PATCH v1 0/1] ARM: orion5x: convert D-Link DNS-323 to the Device Tree
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:18:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YmndWe63ELJbQe20@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a0p-ev50UfGiHCpMM5Jz5Mf8pdfQtNep0M7qi7PANSBVg@mail.gmail.com>

> > - there is no concensus on how to get ascii formatted MAC address from mtd
> >   partitions so eth is not fully functional without setting the MAC from
> >   userspace
> 
> Ideally this is handled by the boot loader, but that requires being
> able to update
> it.

The mv643xx Ethernet driver is happy if it finds the MAC address
already in the hardware. The vendor uboot often does this. Does tftp
boot work in uboot? That would indicate it has access to the MAC
address.

	Andrew

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-28  0:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-27 16:21 [RFC RFT PATCH v1 0/1] ARM: orion5x: convert D-Link DNS-323 to the Device Tree Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-27 16:21 ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-27 16:21 ` [RFC RFT PATCH v1 1/1] " Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-27 16:21   ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-27 18:12   ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-04-27 18:12     ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-04-28 20:06     ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-28 20:06       ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-28 20:47       ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-04-28 20:47         ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-04-28  7:13   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2022-04-28  7:13     ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2022-04-28 20:09     ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-28 20:09       ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-27 18:10 ` [RFC RFT PATCH v1 0/1] " Arnd Bergmann
2022-04-27 18:10   ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-04-28  0:18   ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2022-04-28  0:18     ` Andrew Lunn
2022-04-28 20:25     ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-28 20:25       ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-28 23:26       ` Andrew Lunn
2022-04-28 23:26         ` Andrew Lunn
2022-05-03  8:20         ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-05-03  8:20           ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-28 20:01   ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-28 20:01     ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-28 20:56     ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-04-28 20:56       ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-05-08 14:06       ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-05-08 14:06         ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-05-08 15:02         ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-05-08 15:02           ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-05-08 15:22           ` Pali Rohár
2022-05-08 15:22             ` Pali Rohár
2022-05-08 15:41             ` Pali Rohár
2022-05-08 15:41               ` Pali Rohár
2022-05-09  7:21               ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-05-09  7:21                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-05-09 10:48               ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-05-09 10:48                 ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-05-09 11:03                 ` Pali Rohár
2022-05-09 11:03                   ` Pali Rohár
2022-05-08 19:34             ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-05-08 19:34               ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-05-08 20:10               ` Pali Rohár
2022-05-08 20:10                 ` Pali Rohár
2022-05-09 10:52                 ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-05-09 10:52                   ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-04-28  0:29 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-04-28  0:29   ` Andrew Lunn
2022-09-22 20:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] ARM: orion5x: add D-Link DNS323 based on device treee Mauri Sandberg
2022-09-22 20:24   ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-09-22 20:24   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: arm: add DT binding for D-Link DNS-323 Mauri Sandberg
2022-09-22 20:24     ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-09-22 20:36     ` Andrew Lunn
2022-09-22 20:36       ` Andrew Lunn
2022-09-23  9:18     ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2022-09-23  9:18       ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2022-09-22 20:24   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ARM: dts: orion5x: Add D-Link DNS-323 Device Tree Mauri Sandberg
2022-09-22 20:24     ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-09-22 20:45     ` Andrew Lunn
2022-09-22 20:45       ` Andrew Lunn
2022-09-22 21:14       ` Pali Rohár
2022-09-22 21:14         ` Pali Rohár
2022-09-22 21:32         ` Andrew Lunn
2022-09-22 21:32           ` Andrew Lunn
2022-09-23  9:19     ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2022-09-23  9:19       ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2022-09-27 11:26     ` kernel test robot
2022-09-27 22:56     ` kernel test robot
2022-09-22 20:24   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] ARM: orion5x: Add D-Link DNS-323 based on " Mauri Sandberg
2022-09-22 20:24     ` Mauri Sandberg
2022-09-22 21:10     ` Andrew Lunn
2022-09-22 21:10       ` Andrew Lunn
2022-09-23  9:03       ` maukka
2022-09-23  9:03         ` maukka
2022-09-23 12:12         ` Andrew Lunn
2022-09-23 12:12           ` Andrew Lunn
2022-09-23 18:02           ` Pali Rohár
2022-09-23 18:02             ` Pali Rohár
2022-09-26 11:56             ` maukka
2022-09-26 11:56               ` maukka
2022-09-26 12:23               ` Pali Rohár
2022-09-28 13:32                 ` [EXT] " Elad Nachman
2022-09-30 15:40                   ` Pali Rohár
2022-09-22 21:39     ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-09-22 21:39       ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-09-23  9:13       ` maukka
2022-09-23  9:13         ` maukka
2022-09-23  9:24         ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-09-23  9:24           ` Arnd Bergmann

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