Dear Michael Spang, In message <1300391223-11879-3-git-send-email-msp...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> you wrote: > The MVGBE driver either gets the MAC from the environment, or invents > one. This allows the driver to leave the existing address alone in > case it is initialized before U-Boot starts.
Who or what would be doing that? > while (!eth_getenv_enetaddr(s, dev->enetaddr)) { > +#if defined(CONFIG_PRESERVE_LOCAL_MAC) > + port_uc_addr_get(dmvgbe->regs, dmvgbe->dev.enetaddr); > +#else For consistency, should this not be port_uc_addr_get(dmvgbe->regs, dev->enetaddr); ? > /* Generate Private MAC addr if not set */ > dev->enetaddr[0] = 0x02; > dev->enetaddr[1] = 0x50; > @@ -734,6 +753,7 @@ error1: > dev->enetaddr[4] = get_random_hex(); > dev->enetaddr[5] = get_random_hex(); > #endif > +#endif > eth_setenv_enetaddr(s, dev->enetaddr); > } And please add documentation for the new CONFIG_PRESERVE_LOCAL_MAC to the README. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de Q: What do you get when you cross an ethernet with an income statement? A: A local area networth. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot