Dear Michael, In message <c0282bc070180d74e055f82b5ecab...@walle.cc> you wrote: > > And again you're masking the error and possible fixes by linux itself. > Seems like this isn't an argument.
Respecting the explicit will of the user (i. e using what he configured in U-Boot and passed to the kernel) is not an error. it is intended and documented behaviour. > Sorry, if the original intention was to make "net list" work > correctly, then why is there now such a huge fuzz around that > CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR config option and why can't we just > fix the error with "net list" and leave the behavior like it > was for years. Maybe you explain what exactly the ``error with "net list"'' is, considering the fact that it is U-Boot which determins the "correct" MAC address and passes it to Linux. And if the user configures U-Boot such that a random MAC address is used, then this _is_ the correct MAC address, as normally (*) U-Boot is just a tool that does what the user requests. (*) Exceptions are situations where U-Boot's user interfaces are locked down for example for security reasons. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de A modem is a baudy house.
