[U-Boot] [PATCH v5 4/5] net: add eth_setenv_enetaddr_by_index()

[Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com>]

On 05/22/2012 04:18 PM, Michael Walle wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 16 Mai 2012, 02:56:39 schrieb Joe Hershberger:
>> You should synchronize with Rob Herring who is also trying to add this
>> eth_setenv_enetaddr_by_index() function.
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/152590/
> 
> Hi Rob,
> 
> Joe mentioned you have the same patch as me here:
>   http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/158624/
> 
> What is the current status of your patch?

I have no idea. It's been in the patch system for a month, gotten no
comments, and delegated to jhersh.

> Wolfgang had some comments on my patch:
>   http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/158354/
> 
> Could you incorporate these changes into your patch?
> 
> Unfortunately, i don't see a way to add the helper function without meeting 
> Wolfgangs requirement not to increase the binary file for other boards. Unless 
> gc-sections and function-sections are used on ARM, or adding an CONFIG_XX 
> macro to mask the helper on compile time.

There was a patch series for gc-sections recently...

I don't see a way to meet this impossible requirement either, and I
don't really have the bandwidth right now.

Rob