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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
Cc: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>,
	Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>,
	u-boot@lists.denx.de,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@ti.com>,
	fried.dev@gmail.com, joe.hershberger@ni.com, sjg@chromium.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] cmd: fix net list command
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:22:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1649778.1636989759@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211115150753.GL24579@bill-the-cat>

Dear Tom,

In message <20211115150753.GL24579@bill-the-cat> you wrote:
> 
> It might also be the case that in U-Boot some systems that are using
> NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR that really probably shouldn't?  A quick grep shows
> 253 platforms enabling it today, which feels high for the number of
> boards in the "we'll never have a valid MAC, need a random one"
> category.  Thinking out loud, perhaps we need an option for "no possible
> valid MAC on board" and a different option for "random MAC for fall-back
> only" ?

This is indeed obvious abuse of a feature which has been designed
for a few specific use cases.  It shpould be made clear that this is
nothing to select without thinking.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-15 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-15 12:11 [PATCH RFC] cmd: fix net list command Michael Walle
2021-11-15 12:15 ` Marek Vasut
2021-11-15 12:24   ` Michael Walle
2021-11-15 13:17     ` Marek Vasut
2021-11-15 13:46       ` Michael Walle
2021-11-15 14:31         ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-15 14:52           ` Michael Walle
2021-11-15 14:57             ` Michal Simek
2021-11-15 15:07               ` Tom Rini
2021-11-15 15:22                 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2021-11-15 15:38                   ` Tom Rini
2021-11-15 15:20               ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-15 16:12                 ` Michal Simek
2021-11-16 13:29                   ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-15 15:12             ` Tom Rini
2021-11-15 15:15               ` Michael Walle
2021-11-15 15:19                 ` Tom Rini
2021-11-15 15:25                   ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-15 15:45                     ` Tom Rini
2021-11-16 13:23                       ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-15 15:15             ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-15 15:21               ` Michael Walle
2021-11-15 16:45                 ` Marek Vasut
2021-11-16  6:14                   ` Ramon Fried
2021-11-16 13:33                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-16 14:10                       ` Tom Rini
2021-11-16 14:51                         ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-11-15 13:57     ` Tom Rini
2021-11-15 14:53       ` Michael Walle
2021-11-15 14:53 ` Michal Simek

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