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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Convert to mac-address for ethernet MAC address data.
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On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 16:49 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> On Aug 3, 2006, at 4:25 PM, Jon Loeliger wrote:
> 
> > onvert to mac-address for ethernet MAC address data.
> >
> > Also accept "local-mac-address".  However the old "address"
> > is now obsolete, but accepted for backwards compatibility.
> > It should be removed after all device trees have been
> > converted to use "mac-address".

Why not stick to local-mac-address as this is the OF standard ?

Cheers,
Ben.