[U-Boot] MAC address being reset to 00:00:00:00:00:00 ?

Amit Margalit
2009-02-18T04:24:41Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Fleming [mailto:afleming at gmail.com]
> Sent: ? 18 ?????? 2009 00:44
> To: Amit Margalit
> Cc: Michael Trimarchi; u-boot at lists.denx.de
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] MAC address being reset to 00:00:00:00:00:00 ?
>
> 2009/2/17 Amit Margalit <amit.margalit@siverge.com>:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Michael Trimarchi [mailto:trimarchi at gandalf.sssup.it]
> >> Sent: ? 17 ?????? 2009 18:40
> >> To: Amit Margalit
> >> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> >> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] MAC address being reset to 00:00:00:00:00:00 ?
> >>
> >> What's exacly your problem. I don't understand. Do you use a dts to pass
> >> the ethernet mac?
> > [AM] I use a dts, and I was under the impression that U-boot should overwrite the mac-address
> line before passing it to the kernel, so that the address used by U-boot is also used by the kernel.
> This is not happening, and I don't know why.
> >
> > Is there another way to pass a mac-address to the kernel?
>
> It sounds like u-boot *is* setting the address, but it was considered
> invalid? Or are you saying that the address you put in the DTS is not
> being overwritten by u-boot?

[AM] The address I put in the DTS was invalid. It wasn't being overwritten by U-boot.
>
> What version of u-boot are you using? U-Boot is supposed to overwrite
> the dts in memory before passing it to the kernel.
[AM] I am using 1.3.0, actually.
>
> Andy