From: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] Mac address warning
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:08:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51FBAF54.1090502@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51FAEF05.1050700@boundarydevices.com>
Hi Eric,
On 02/08/2013 01:28, Eric Nelson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While testing Troy's usbnet patches, I was reminded of
> this mysterious warning issued when the environment has
> no mac address stored, but the device provides one:
>
> printf("\nWarning: %s using MAC address from net device\n",
> dev->name);
>
> Why is this a warning? It's the out-of-the box default
> for new boards who haven't saved a mac address to the
> persistent environment.
Well, I have found it very useful in case I set explicitely the ethaddr
variable, so I know where the MAC address comes from. Do you find it
disturbing ? Maybe we could replace "warning" with "info".
Best regards,
Stefano
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-02 13:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-01 23:28 [U-Boot] Mac address warning Eric Nelson
2013-08-02 13:08 ` Stefano Babic [this message]
2013-08-02 14:16 ` Tom Rini
2013-08-02 14:36 ` Stefano Babic
2013-08-02 14:45 ` Tom Rini
2013-08-02 14:39 ` Eric Nelson
2013-08-04 20:24 ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-08-04 20:37 ` Eric Nelson
2013-08-04 20:17 ` Wolfgang Denk
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