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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next prev parent 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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