Dear "Premi, Sanjeev",

In message <b85a65d85d7eb246be421b3fb0fbb5930257371...@dbde02.ent.ti.com> you 
wrote:
>
> > Your patch always and unconditionally overwrites any existing
> > "ethaddr" settings.  This is not acceptable.
> 
> For the EVM, MAC address is always probed from the chip. Hence, I
> assumed it safe to set the ethaddr - without checking for env var.

This is not what we do in U-Boot, so please fix that.

> It was unlikely that someone would be setting it - to different
> value.

Unlikely?  Not so.  This is expected standard behaviour.  Please don't
try to invent a wheel (in a different shape).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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