On Feb 12 2019, Bin Meng <bmeng...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The env var is stored in whatever supported media in U-Boot. Not like
> PCI NICs which normally have EEPROM to store pre-flashed MAC address
> by their vendors, for most embedded network controllers in the SoC,
> normally there is no hardware provided mechanism to ensure a unique
> MAC address, instead it relies on software to program one to the
> hardware before bringing it up.

On the Hifive the MAC is part of the initial DT, so there is no need to
use a secondary store.

Andreas.

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