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From: Grzegorz Bernacki <gjb@semihalf.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:49:54 +0100
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v6] Add support for the digsy MTC board.
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>> 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