[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] ATSTK1002: Remove default ethernet addresses

Scott Wood
2007-10-30T16:37:41Z

On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 08:53:40AM -0400, Robin Cutshaw wrote:
> Does Atmel not have an Ethernet vendor allocation? Ideally, a unique MAC
> would be included on a sticker on each board. This would provide something
> for each developer to use. I'm not crazy about having a "default" address
> for reasons already mentioned. What about a randomly generated MAC address
> should there not be one already set in flash? This would provide for Ulf's
> no touch initial setup and still provide for a mostly non-dup solution?

You'd need a non-deterministic random seed... and an RTC doesn't count if
all the boards come back from a power outage at once. :-)

-Scott