> >> > Hi Flavio
> >> >
> >> > u-boot should be able to write the MAC address in the correct part of
> >> > device tree. Boards have been doing this a long time.
> >> >
> >> > Module parameters are considered bad. You should only do it if you
> >> > have no other option. Here you do have another op
From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:29:58 +0100
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 05:13:27PM +, Flavio Suligoi wrote:
>> > > Hi Andrew,
>> > >
>> > > we produce a lot of boards and we have to change the MAC address,
>> > > from u-boot, for every board. So I must save in the u-boot
>> > > env
On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 05:13:27PM +, Flavio Suligoi wrote:
> > > Hi Andrew,
> > >
> > > we produce a lot of boards and we have to change the MAC address,
> > > from u-boot, for every board. So I must save in the u-boot
> > > environment (SPI NOR flash) the MAC address for every board.
> >
>
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > we produce a lot of boards and we have to change the MAC address,
> > from u-boot, for every board. So I must save in the u-boot
> > environment (SPI NOR flash) the MAC address for every board.
>
> Hi Flavio
>
> u-boot should be able to write the MAC address in the correct
> Hi Andrew,
>
> we produce a lot of boards and we have to change the MAC address,
> from u-boot, for every board. So I must save in the u-boot
> environment (SPI NOR flash) the MAC address for every board.
Hi Flavio
u-boot should be able to write the MAC address in the correct part of
device t
> -Original Message-
> From: Andrew Lunn
> Sent: giovedì 28 febbraio 2019 16:33
> To: Flavio Suligoi
> Cc: Jeff Kirsher ; David S . Miller
> ; intel-wired-...@lists.osuosl.org;
> netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net:
On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 02:52:31PM +0100, Flavio Suligoi wrote:
> Sometimes, in some embedded systems boards (i.e. ARM boards),
> the NVM eeprom is not mounted, to save cost and space.
>
> In this case it is necessary to bypass the NVM management
> and directly force the MAC address using a kernel
Sometimes, in some embedded systems boards (i.e. ARM boards),
the NVM eeprom is not mounted, to save cost and space.
In this case it is necessary to bypass the NVM management
and directly force the MAC address using a kernel command-line
parameter (macaddr).
Signed-off-by: Flavio Suligoi
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