Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] - sanve the server's mac address...

2009-07-09 Thread Ben Warren
Hi Robin, Robin Getz wrote: > I guess - what is the "reasonable" amount of time to wait for a comment > before I just resend with a [PATCH] subject line? > Like Wolfgang says, a few days is probably reasonable. Generally, if you post something as RFC and it's controversial, you'll hear back

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] - sanve the server's mac address...

2009-07-09 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Robin, In message <20090709205116.e4e26832e...@gemini.denx.de> I wrote: > > It's oK with me. Just fix the typo ("evn var"), please. And the "sanve" typo, too, of course. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munic

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] - sanve the server's mac address...

2009-07-09 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Robin Getz, In message <200907091603.42609.rg...@blackfin.uclinux.org> you wrote: > > Do you have some comments on it? - if so - that is that the RFC is for... It's oK with me. Just fix the typo ("evn var"), please. > I guess - what is the "reasonable" amount of time to wait for a comment

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] - sanve the server's mac address...

2009-07-09 Thread Robin Getz
On Thu 9 Jul 2009 15:45, Wolfgang Denk pondered: > Dear Robin Getz, > > In message <200907091112.47264.rg...@blackfin.uclinux.org> you wrote: > > On Wed 8 Jul 2009 14:50, Robin Getz pondered: > > > Linux's netconsole works much better when you can pass it the MAC > > > address of the server. (othe

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] - sanve the server's mac address...

2009-07-09 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Robin Getz, In message <200907091112.47264.rg...@blackfin.uclinux.org> you wrote: > On Wed 8 Jul 2009 14:50, Robin Getz pondered: > > Linux's netconsole works much better when you can pass it the MAC > > address of the server. (otherwise it just uses broadcast, which > > everyone else on my n

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] - sanve the server's mac address...

2009-07-09 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Thursday 09 July 2009 11:12:47 Robin Getz wrote: > On Wed 8 Jul 2009 14:50, Robin Getz pondered: > > Linux's netconsole works much better when you can pass it the MAC > > address of the server. (otherwise it just uses broadcast, which > > everyone else on my network complains about :) > > > > Th

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] - sanve the server's mac address...

2009-07-09 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 8 Jul 2009 14:50, Robin Getz pondered: > Linux's netconsole works much better when you can pass it the MAC > address of the server. (otherwise it just uses broadcast, which > everyone else on my network complains about :) > > This sets the evn var "serveraddr" (to match ethaddr), so that yo

[U-Boot] [RFC] - sanve the server's mac address...

2009-07-08 Thread Robin Getz
Linux's netconsole works much better when you can pass it the MAC address of the server. (otherwise it just uses broadcast, which everyone else on my network complains about :) This sets the evn var "serveraddr" (to match ethaddr), so that you can pass it to linux with whatever bootargs you want