initialize mac address with the value from "ethaddr", before doing some network commands. This is not in line with u-boot design principle "not to initalize not used devices", and maybe should go away, if there is a solution for passing the mac address to arm linux kernels.
Tested on the magnesium board. Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher <h...@denx.de> --- posting this patch as a result of this discussion: http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2010-March/069025.html drivers/net/fec_mxc.c | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c b/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c index 5af9cdb..9029490 100644 --- a/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c +++ b/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c @@ -749,11 +749,18 @@ static int fec_probe(bd_t *bd) eth_register(edev); - if (fec_get_hwaddr(edev, ethaddr) == 0) { - printf("got MAC address from EEPROM: %pM\n", ethaddr); - memcpy(edev->enetaddr, ethaddr, 6); - fec_set_hwaddr(edev); + if (!eth_getenv_enetaddr("ethaddr", ethaddr)) { + /* "ethaddr" is not set in the environment */ + if (fec_get_hwaddr(edev, ethaddr) == 0) { + printf("got MAC address from EEPROM: %pM\n", ethaddr); + eth_setenv_enetaddr("ethaddr", ethaddr); + } else { + printf ("no MAC found\n"); + return -1; + } } + memcpy(edev->enetaddr, ethaddr, 6); + fec_set_hwaddr(edev); return 0; } -- 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
