On 12:44 Wed 09 Jul , Mark Jonas wrote: > Hi, > > > Some Linux drivers like the smc911x driver, as used on TQMA31, rely on the > > MAC address > > in the appropriate register, but U-Boot resets the controller after every > > transfer. > > A patch for the Linux driver is necessary to extract the MAC address from > > the kernel > > boot parameter line and set the MAC address register accordingly. > > This patch adds the kernel parameter "ethaddr" to the U-Boot default > > environment so that the > > user cannot forget it. > > Do you know the nwhwconf patch? We used it with a kernel 2.6.22 for > Renesas SH3. It adds a kernel parameter nwhwconf and one of its > options is to specify a hwaddr which is the MAC address to use. The > Ethernet driver does not have to do anything other than to support the > ethtool interface. > > Example: > nwhwconf=device:eth0,hwaddr:12:34:56:78:90:ab I allready point it.
Personnaly, until we can merge the arm in order to use FDT, I prefer the nwhwconf patch done by Stuart from ST Best Regards, J. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
