[U-Boot] [PATCH] mvgbe: remove setting of ethaddr within the driver

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <201111080858.25678.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> > 3. mac randomization should be enabled by
> > CONFIG_SYS_LOCAL_MAC_RANDOMIZATION macro 4. For mvgbe uses it should be
> > enabled by default in include/configs/mv-common.h. 5. for corner case like
> > edminiv2, in should be undefed in board config file 6. Some documentation
> > should be supported for this generic framework.
> 
> i think Wolfgang already NAK-ed this idea.  but he'd have to clarify.

Indeed I did NAK this.  And I tried to provide an explantion why I
consider this an inherently broken approach.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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