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From: Sebastien Jan <s-jan@ti.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smsc95xx: Add module parameter to override MAC address
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:55:41 +0200
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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?