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From: Grzegorz Bernacki <gjb@semihalf.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v6] Add support for the digsy MTC board.
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:49:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49BA2C42.5080903@semihalf.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090312184742.87C12832E8B8@gemini.denx.de>


>> Yes we can, but it is safer this way in the case when ethernet address
>> spans across two chips. Rest of comments addressed in version 7 of the
>> patch which will be sent soon.
> 
> Is such a scenario (MAC address split across 2 different EEPROM
> devices) possible (and supported) on these systems?
> 

I think it is possible, cause whole eeprom is threated as a one continuous
area. Moreover, this function is called only if ethaddr environment variable
is not set, so not very often. I don't think optimizing it is worth risk of
reading incorrect ethernet address.

regards,
Grzesiek

  reply	other threads:[~2009-03-13  9:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-13 13:53 [U-Boot] [PATCH v6] Add support for the digsy MTC board Grzegorz Bernacki
2009-02-19 11:21 ` Grzegorz Bernacki
2009-03-12 12:56 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-03-12 15:25   ` Grzegorz Bernacki
2009-03-12 18:47     ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-03-13  9:49       ` Grzegorz Bernacki [this message]
2009-03-13 13:47         ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-03-17  9:05           ` Grzegorz Bernacki

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