> From: Tom Rini > On Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 04:06:04PM +0000, Maarten Brock wrote: > > > It is pointless to fetch the mac address if it will never be used. > > > > Signed-off-by: Maarten Brock <[email protected]> > > --- > > > > board/ti/am335x/board.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > > 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) > > The problem with doing this is I believe that we pass this information > on to the linux kernel, which at least in the past has assumed it would > be provided correctly by us, even if U-Boot didn't use the networking. > These fuses will always be populated so it's not a problem to be reading > them. > > -- > Tom
This is not what I see happening. Linux can detect the MAC address by itself. I've replaced the actual mac address below by *'s, but verified it is exactly the same as found at 0x44E10630. [ 1.444956] cpsw-switch 4a100000.switch: initialized cpsw ale version 1.4 [ 1.444998] cpsw-switch 4a100000.switch: ALE Table size 1024 [ 1.445125] cpsw-switch 4a100000.switch: cpts: overflow check period 5000 (jiffies) [ 1.445146] cpsw-switch 4a100000.switch: CPTS: ref_clk_freq:250000000 calc_mult:2147483648 calc_shift:29 error:0 nsec/sec [ 1.445215] cpsw-switch 4a100000.switch: Detected MACID = **:**:**:**:**:** [ 1.487205] cpsw-switch 4a100000.switch: initialized (regs 0x4a100000, pool size 256) hw_ver:0019010C 1.12 (0) Kind Regards, Maarten
