[U-Boot] [PATCH] net, doc: how to setup mac address correct.
as this seems unclear, document how the flow of setting up the mac address is correct. Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher h...@denx.de --- doc/README.enetaddr | 12 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/README.enetaddr b/doc/README.enetaddr index 1d75aa3..9edb6cd 100644 --- a/doc/README.enetaddr +++ b/doc/README.enetaddr @@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ Here are the places where MAC addresses might be stored: purpose of passing this information to an OS kernel we are about to boot +--- + correct flow of setting up the mac address (summarized) +--- + +1. Read from hardware in initialize() function +2. Read from environment in net/eth.c after initialize() +3. Give priority to the value in the environment if a conflict +4. Program hardware in the device's init() function. + +If somebody wants to subvert the 'design philosophy', the right way is to +call eth_dev-init() in board code. + --- Usage --- -- 1.6.2.5 -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany ___ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] net, doc: how to setup mac address correct.
Dear Heiko Schocher, In message 4bb2ed0b.6030...@denx.de you wrote: as this seems unclear, document how the flow of setting up the mac address is correct. Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher h...@denx.de --- doc/README.enetaddr | 12 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) Thanks. Applied (as discussed internally) with slight changes, adding Mike Frysinger's input. 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 It would seem that evil retreats when forcibly confronted -- Yarnek of Excalbia, The Savage Curtain, stardate 5906.5 ___ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
