From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Peverley Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 18:55:59 +0100 Subject: Communication (Was Re: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] lan91c96 driver MAC address detection) In-Reply-To: <20040504170223.8B661C109F@atlas.denx.de> References: <20040504170223.8B661C109F@atlas.denx.de> Message-ID: <4097D92F.5080300@mpc-data.co.uk> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Wolfgang Denk wrote: >>If you issue a 'bootp' command to u-boot via its interface as I stated, >>the following call sequence happens ... >>So in practical use, issuing a bootp detects the mac address of the >>adapter. > No, no, no. This is plainly wrong. I've tried my best to explain this concisely and with no room for mis-interpretation but I have seemed to fail and I can't see why. I don't think anyone else managed to mis-read me as radically as this, so I've taken this off list to try and clear up with Wolfgang whatever the mixup seems to be. Apologies to all.... Best Wishes, ~Pev --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Peverley, Software Engineer, MPC Data Limited. Phone : [+44] (0) 1225 868 228 Web : http://www.mpc-data.co.uk