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From: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [RFC] Program net device MAC addresses after initializing
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:18:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BBAE048.5080809@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1270450929-17004-1-git-send-email-biggerbadderben@gmail.com>

Hello Ben,

Ben Warren wrote:
> Add a new function to the eth_device struct for programming a network
> controller's hardware address.
> 
> After all network devices have been initialized and the proper MAC address for
> each has been determined, make a device driver call to program the address
> into the device.  Only device instances with valid unicast addresses will be
> programmed.
> 
> This is a significant departure from existing U-boot behavior, but costs very
> little in startup time and addresses a very common complaint among developers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>

bye
Heiko
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  reply	other threads:[~2010-04-06  7:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-05  7:02 [U-Boot] [RFC] Program net device MAC addresses after initializing Ben Warren
2010-04-06  7:18 ` Heiko Schocher [this message]
2010-04-06  8:02   ` Prafulla Wadaskar
2010-04-06 12:57 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-04-06 16:42   ` Ben Warren
2010-04-08 15:30     ` Detlev Zundel
2010-04-09 19:58     ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-04-10  0:34       ` Ben Warren
2010-04-10  6:59         ` Wolfgang Denk

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