From: Sebastien Jan <s-jan@ti.com>
To: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Cc: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-omap@vger.kernel.org" <linux-omap@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smsc95xx: Add module parameter to override MAC address
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:55:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C2452ED.8020307@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100625012520.GA12650@verge.net.au>
On 06/25/2010 03:25 AM, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:14:14AM +0200, Sebastien Jan wrote:
>> Define a new module parameter 'macaddr' to override the MAC address
>> fetched either from eeprom, or randomly generated.
>>
>> The expected MAC address shall be in the 01:23:45:67:89:AB format.
>
> I'm confused as to why this is desirable when the mac address
> can already be configured after module insertion via
> smsc95xx_netdev_ops.eth_mac_addr().
For example for booting over NFS using a pre-defined MAC address, with
a minimal setup (no initrd). Or is there another way to force a MAC
address for this use-case?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-25 6:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-24 8:14 [PATCH] smsc95xx: Add module parameter to override MAC address Sebastien Jan
2010-06-25 1:25 ` Simon Horman
2010-06-25 6:55 ` Sebastien Jan [this message]
2010-06-25 8:43 ` Steve.Glendinning
2010-06-25 14:20 ` Sebastien Jan
2010-06-25 18:17 ` David Miller
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