Timur Tabi wrote: > Ben Warren wrote: > > >> So are you saying that the plan is to move much of the configuration >> information from NOR flash to I2C EEPROMs on Freescale evaluation >> boards? >> > > No. The plan is to better support does boards that *do* have MAC addresses in > EEPROM. > > (Actually, I have no idea what the board designers are planning on doing in > the > future. I just know what doesn't work today). > > One of the problems is that the CRC value in the EEPROM is not programmed > during > manufacturing, but the current version of the code will refuse to read MAC > addresses if the CRC doesn't match. So out of the box, the BSPs never use the > EEPROM for anything. The user has to rewrite the EEPROM. > > Oh. OK. >> I'm not suggesting that it's a good or bad idea, but just keep >> in mind that the main raison d'etre for these boards is to serve as >> starting points for customer designs, and I'm not sure the majority of >> customers would use things this way. >> > > True, but it would be nice if the code worked properly. :-) > > That's for sure. Thanks for the clarification.
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