Hi Eric,
On 02/08/2013 01:28, Eric Nelson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While testing Troy's usbnet patches, I was reminded of
> this mysterious warning issued when the environment has
> no mac address stored, but the device provides one:
>
> printf("\nWarning: %s using MAC address from net device\n",
> dev->name);
>
> Why is this a warning? It's the out-of-the box default
> for new boards who haven't saved a mac address to the
> persistent environment.
Well, I have found it very useful in case I set explicitely the ethaddr
variable, so I know where the MAC address comes from. Do you find it
disturbing ? Maybe we could replace "warning" with "info".
Best regards,
Stefano
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