On Wednesday 11 November 2009 11:05:24 Mike Rapoport wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 November 2009 03:03:04 Mike Rapoport wrote: > >> The smc911x_halt gets called after completion of network opration > >> and resets the chip. When there is no SROM attached to the SMSC, MAC > >> address gets reset as well. Add CONFIG_SMC911X_KEEP_MAC option to allow > >> boards with no SROM instruct the SMSC driver to keep mac address after > >> the reset > > > > the mac already has proper storage -- the environment. please read > > doc/REAdME.enetaddr. so i dont thinkt his option should be added. > > If you have no network activity in U-Boot the mac address never gets from > the environment to the SMSC chip. So, when the kernel boots there's no mac > address neither in the chip registers nor in (absent) SROM.
this is correct u-boot behavior. please read the faq. http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/EthernetDoesNotWorkInLinux -mike
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