Dear Tom, In message <1889944.1637219...@gemini.denx.de> I wrote: > > > We're about to > > introduce the 3rd variant. I'd feel a whole lot better about taking in > > a v2 of this patch that correct the help (and maybe updates > > doc/README.enetaddr!) if someone could report back on what's going on > > with the layerscape, imx* and socfpga platforms. There's in fact a > > number of platforms enabling it that I'm pretty sure DENX has or had the > > hardware on, so can we get some spot checking done there? > > I will check and provide an update later, but from the best of my > knowledge none of the boards we ported actually need or use this > feature. This is just a copy&paste mess.
We could not find even a single board maintained or upstreamed by DENX where NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR was even mentioned in the specifications, and certainly not a mandatory feature. That's all copy & paste garbage. Viele Grüße, 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 The human mind treats a new idea the way the body treats a strange protein - it rejects it. - P. Medawar