Dear Alfred Steele, In message <[email protected]> you wrote: > > Thanks for your submission! > What is the current design on the mxc fec interface's attainment of a > MAC address. From the kernel driver it looks like it looks at the
There is none. > IIM(IC identification registers) on the MXC platform(like mx51/35) to > look for a programmed mac address and then the set the fec mac to the > same . > > Looks like with the current mxc_fec driver there is not support for > the same. I am thinking of a mechanism to hardcode a fake MAC which > would subsequently be picked up by the kernel without using the > bd_info structure. You must not do this. First, you must not use any "fake" addresses at all (especially not since the board most probably has a real one in the environment). Second, read the FAQ (http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/EthernetDoesNotWorkInLinux). Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [email protected] ATTENTION: Despite Any Other Listing of Product Contents Found Here- on, the Consumer is Advised That, in Actuality, This Product Consists Of 99.9999999999% Empty Space. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
