> >> > 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 options, so it is > going > >> > to be a hard sell getting David to access your patch. > >> > > >> > You will have more success by adding a call to > >> > eth_platform_get_mac_address() to the e1000e driver. > >> > >> You have right, and thanks for your suggestions, > >> but with a kernel parameter I can use the same method > >> for any board where the NVM is missed, independently of any > architecture > >> (with or without the device tree presence - ARM or x86 or others). > > > > Hi Flavio > > > > Well, lets wait for David to say what he thinks about the module > > parameter. > > I already rejected this, no way... Drivers that already have the > unacceptable module parameter are no an argument for spreading this > mistake further.
Hi David and Andrew, ok, thank you for your suggestions and your time! Flavio
