[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 11/16] net/eth.c: Add function to validate a MAC address

[York Sun <yorksun@freescale.com>]

On 08/13/2015 08:42 AM, Ciubotariu Codrin Constantin-B43658 wrote:
> Hi Joe, York,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sun York-R58495
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 10:59 PM
>> To: Ciubotariu Codrin Constantin-B43658
>> Cc: Joe Hershberger; u-boot at lists.denx.de; joe.hershberger at ni.com
>> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 11/16] net/eth.c: Add function to validate a MAC
>> address
>>
>> +Codrin
>>
>> Somehow I dropped Codrin in last reply.
>>
>> On 08/10/2015 01:45 PM, York Sun wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/10/2015 01:05 PM, Joe Hershberger wrote:
>>>> Hi York,
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 3:03 PM, York Sun <yorksun@freescale.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 08/10/2015 12:57 PM, Joe Hershberger wrote:
>>>>>> Too much top-posting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 2:41 PM, York Sun <yorksun@freescale.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> SPL doesn't use net/eth.c. You add a call in env_flags.c.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think you can put it in header file and use static inline, or
>>>>>>> keep it in the same file where it is called.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is probably fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Another way is to undef CONFIG_CMD_NET for SPL part. It is default
>>>>>>> to 'y' in Kconfig. Joe may have some good suggestion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think this is the reason. The problem is that net is *not*
>>>>>> build for SPL, but env is.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, env is built. The offending lines in common/env_flags.c are
>>>>> gated by "#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NET". That's why I say it could be another way.
>>>>
>>>> OK, sure... but that breaks intended behavior, I think.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I see. The CONFIG_CMD_NET is not evaluated separated for SPL build. So
>>> I guess the fix can be either to put the common function in header
>>> file after making it really simple to reduce dependency, or to keep the
>> original code in env_flag.c.
>>>
>>
>> Codrin,
>>
>> Can you prepare a new patch? You don't have to send the whole set. All but one
>> have been acked by Joe.
>>
>> York
> 
> I can't inline eth_validate_ethaddr_str in eth.h since it depends on simple_strtoul and tolower. Also, I can't let it in common/env_flags.c because I need to access if from drivers/net/vsc9953.c . I guess it has to be in a .c file that is also used by SPL targets. Could you please suggest such a file?
> 
> SPL targets make use of CONFIG_CMD_NET? It seems strange that ETH env is built, but net/net.c or net/eth.c not.
> 

I was discussing with Joe about the possibility to deselect CONFIG_CMD_NET for
SPL build. The issue here is Kconfig is not re-evaluated for the SPL part. If
you can experiment it, you can try to gate the code in env_flags.c with
CONFIG_SPL_BUILD. It sounds reasonable to me.

York