[U-Boot] net, kirkwood_egiga: init mac address before using network commands

Detlev Zundel
2010-03-30T07:52:29Z

Hello Heiko,

> initialize mac address with the value from "ethaddr", before
> doing some network commands. This is not in line with u-boot
> design principle "not to initalize not used devices", and
> maybe should go away, if there is a solution for passing
> the mac address to arm linux kernels.
>
> Tested on the suen3 board.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>

Acked-by: Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>

My question about why doing this can negatively effect U-Boot still
stands.

I also actively request the U-Boot community to give feedback here -
after all, this _is_ a community project and fixing real problems is one
of the main tasks of a bootloader.

Cheers
Detlev

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