From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mvgbe: remove setting of ethaddr within the driver
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:53:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111110155311.66DB613BE0E2@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111110142152.GC29864@kw.sim.vm.gnt>
Dear Simon Guinot,
In message <20111110142152.GC29864@kw.sim.vm.gnt> you wrote:
>
> I can't list this boards exactly. For sure, I can say that the
> LaCie boards (netspace_v2 and cie) are concerned.
>
> For this boards a random MAC address is used and the computation is
> performed by the driver mvgbe. If this code is simply removed, the
> network initialization for this boards will break.
>
> I suspect a lot of Marvell boards from being in the same case.
Argh... I was not aware that the scope of damage already done was that
big.
But no matter how we twist and turn it, this is a real problem that
needs to be fixed, and the sooner we do it the better.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-10 15:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-07 22:08 [U-Boot] [PATCH] mvgbe: remove setting of ethaddr within the driver Michael Walle
2011-11-08 7:18 ` Prafulla Wadaskar
2011-11-08 13:58 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-11-08 14:10 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-08 13:57 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-11-08 13:45 ` Michael Walle
2011-11-08 14:54 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-11-08 15:17 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-08 17:34 ` Michael Walle
2011-11-08 19:28 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-08 22:30 ` Michael Walle
2011-11-08 22:52 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-08 23:26 ` Michael Walle
2011-11-08 23:38 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-09 8:31 ` Michael Walle
2011-11-09 17:34 ` Michael Walle
2011-11-09 19:27 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-10 9:15 ` Michael Walle
2011-11-10 11:06 ` Simon Guinot
2011-11-10 12:01 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-10 14:21 ` Simon Guinot
2011-11-10 15:53 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2011-11-10 16:30 ` Valentin Longchamp
2011-11-10 17:00 ` Holger Brunck
2011-11-10 17:08 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-11-10 17:09 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-11-10 17:54 ` Simon Guinot
2011-11-10 17:46 ` Michael Walle
2011-11-10 11:44 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-16 20:15 ` Michael Walle
2011-11-16 20:26 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-17 8:58 ` Prafulla Wadaskar
2011-11-17 10:45 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-17 22:52 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2] " Michael Walle
2011-11-19 3:58 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-11-21 4:39 ` Prafulla Wadaskar
2011-12-20 21:55 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-12-20 21:57 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-08 20:49 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH] " Mike Frysinger
2011-11-08 22:45 ` Michael Walle
2011-11-09 5:36 ` Mike Frysinger
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