[U-Boot] [PATCH v4] Program net device MAC addresses after initializing

Heiko Schocher
2010-04-27T05:41:32Z

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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
> Acked-by: Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>
> Tested-by: Prafulla Wadaskar <prafulla@marvell.com>
> ---
> v4->v3 First controller uses 'ethmacskip' instead of 'eth0macskip'
> v2->v3 Made the sprintf in new function actually work :(
> v1->v2 Add documentation & environment variable for overriding new behavior
> ACKs mentioned above are for v1
>
> README | 5 +++++
> doc/README.drivers.eth | 7 ++++++-
> doc/README.enetaddr | 10 ++++++----
> include/net.h | 1 +
> net/eth.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Tested on the magnesium board, patch for adapting fec_mxc
driver follow, so:

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

bye
Heiko
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