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

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Nov 9 00:38:15 CET 2011


Dear Michael Walle,

In message <201111090026.09460.michael at walle.cc> you wrote:
>
> may be possible, but then there is a window of opportunity where the mac is 
> already erased but the not yet written with a new one.

Sure.  If you look hard enough you will always find a way to brick a
device.  And if you don't look, it just takes an ingeniuos idiot to
find one.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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