From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sascha Hauer Subject: Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:27:45 +0100 Message-ID: <20090312202745.GV425@pengutronix.de> References: <49B91A7B.7050303@weinigel.se> <20090312151211.GB24995@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> <49B93777.7030202@weinigel.se> <20090312.104345.68580544.davem@davemloft.net> <49B94BCA.6090309@weinigel.se> <20090312180638.GG14491@shareable.org> <49B95907.4010404@weinigel.se> <20090312190416.GS425@pengutronix.de> <20090312201449.95468832E8B8@gemini.denx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Christer Weinigel , Jamie Lokier , David Miller , nhorman@tuxdriver.com, shemminger@vyatta.com, yanok@emcraft.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, netdev@vger.kernel.org, dzu@denx.de, Vladimir Khusainov , Nick Ivanter , Sergei Poselenov To: Wolfgang Denk Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:44414 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751749AbZCLU16 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:27:58 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090312201449.95468832E8B8@gemini.denx.de> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 09:14:49PM +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Sascha Hauer, > > In message <20090312190416.GS425@pengutronix.de> you wrote: > > > > Great, but how does this help in setting the MAC address? This would > > just move this exact discussion to the dracut or whatever mailing list, > > but we would still be searching for a generic way to say > > eth0addr=00:01:02:03:04:05 and I bet the arguments stay the same. > > Well, PowerPC uses the device tree for such information. As far as > I've been told work is underway to extend the device tree support for > ARM, too. [And U-Boot supports the device tree, of course.] I'm looking forward to the first patches on Linux Arm Kernel. That's gonna be even more fun than this thread ;) Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |