[U-Boot] Environmentvar. "ipaddr" - microblaze

[Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>]

Detlev Zundel wrote:
> Hi Michal,
> 
>> Detlev Zundel wrote:
>>> Hi Horst,
>>>
>>>> in "lib_microblaze/board.c  board_init()" the function
>>>> "env_relocate()" should be called before "getenv_IPaddr()"
>>>> otherwise there is no chance to save an ip-address in the
>>>> environment (like in lib_ppc/board.c).
>> Horst: Give me step-by-step manual how to reach that fault.
> 
> As long as Horst doesn't answer, I belive he has his environment in SPI
> flash and was not able to change the "ipaddr" setting used by the
> network code.

First off all I am looking forward on that spi driver.

> 
> Now all I can think of is that in lib_microblaze/board.c:144 the call
> returns the environmetn setting of the compiled in environment rather
> than the SPI flash saved settings.  Thus without doing an explicit
> "setenv ipaddr" network will always use the compiled in ipaddr.
> 
> Does that make sense?

Anyway. I don't need to setup different IP address from command line.

The funny thing is that I have this change in my private repo I sync it 
with ppc some weeks/month ago.
I will have to invest some time to add all my changes to mainline.

If you want to add only this change, I am ok with it.

Michal


> 
> Cheers
>   Detlev
> 


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