> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch> > Sent: giovedì 28 febbraio 2019 16:33 > To: Flavio Suligoi <f.suli...@asem.it> > Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com>; David S . Miller > <da...@davemloft.net>; intel-wired-...@lists.osuosl.org; > netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: e1000e: add MAC address kernel cmd line > parameter > > 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 command-line > > parameter (macaddr). > > Hi Flavio > > Why not use device tree, since this is an ARM platform?
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. Flavio > > Andrew
