On Tuesday 08 November 2011 02:32:59 Prafulla Wadaskar wrote: > On some boards, using mvbge random mac generation is needed since there is > no eeprom to hold this. Further practically it is not possible to hardcode > mac address and recompile, nor it is suggested to have any mac/ip/server > address definition in board config files. > > Random mac address helps to resolve dhcp issues with more similar boards in > the same network in such cases and will be applicable for any board. > > Your patch is clean to abstract out mac randomization, on the other hand > you should not remove the support for other boards which are already using > it. > > May be some more patches on the top to move support in board/arch specific > files are needed. (if framework can not be entertained)
i'm not the one to convince. i think Wolfgang addressed these already and still said no. -mike
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