From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] net: extend the netdev to have a common way to set the hw mac address
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 14:07:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200905131407.19789.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2r5ytiedi.fsf@ohwell.denx.de>
On Wednesday 13 May 2009 04:41:29 Detlev Zundel wrote:
> >> I never ran across this outside of linux arm where people seriously
> >> repeat the statement over and over that a whole initramfs with an
> >> initial userspace and a pivot_root is plausible for nfs root whilst
> >> patches of a few lines float around doing the same in the kernel.
> >
> > i never said that a completely populated initramfs was needed. it can be
> > accomplished pretty easily with very little code.
>
> Sure, but still, how big is such an initramfs, do you have any numbers
> here?
>
> And how many lines of C code does it take to set the MAC in the kernel?
> Is this really worth it?
that is the problem of whoever needs this functionality.
-mike
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-13 18:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-11 6:39 [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] net: extend the netdev to have a common way to set the hw mac address Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-05-11 6:39 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4] macb: add set_hw_enetaddr support Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-05-11 6:39 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] net/dm9000: move the CONFIG_NET_MULTI api Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-05-11 6:39 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/4] at91/macb: remove reset_phy callback Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-05-12 0:31 ` Ben Warren
2009-05-11 18:02 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] net/dm9000: move the CONFIG_NET_MULTI api Mike Frysinger
2009-05-11 23:58 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-05-12 0:37 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-05-12 0:30 ` Ben Warren
2009-05-11 9:13 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4] macb: add set_hw_enetaddr support Haavard Skinnemoen
2009-05-12 0:29 ` Ben Warren
2009-05-11 7:48 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] net: extend the netdev to have a common way to set the hw mac address Mike Frysinger
2009-05-11 12:08 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-05-11 13:26 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-05-11 14:24 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-05-11 16:01 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-05-11 16:30 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-05-11 16:24 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-05-11 16:37 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-05-11 16:56 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-05-12 0:04 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2009-05-12 0:36 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-05-12 8:48 ` Detlev Zundel
2009-05-12 12:26 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-05-12 14:18 ` Detlev Zundel
2009-05-12 16:21 ` Daniel Stenberg
2009-05-12 22:06 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-05-13 8:41 ` Detlev Zundel
2009-05-13 18:07 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2009-05-15 14:42 ` Detlev Zundel
2009-05-12 16:59 ` Scott Wood
2009-05-13 8:39 ` Detlev Zundel
2009-05-12 17:02 ` Scott Wood
2009-05-11 17:49 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-05-11 17:24 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-05-11 17:54 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-05-12 0:28 ` Ben Warren
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