From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:37:41 -0500
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] ATSTK1002: Remove default
	ethernet	addresses
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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