[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] update-ethaddr-handling-on-cmc-pu2-board.patch

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Nov 16 15:18:32 CET 2005


In message <47F3F98010FF784EBEE6526EAAB078D1C05E9C at tq-mailsrv.tq-net.de> you wrote:
> 
> If the environment variable 'ethaddr' is not set in flash it is read from
> EEPROM (if valid), set in RAM and now also saved to flash. The same applies
> for the variable 'serial#'.

I reject this patch. SO far we never to automatically modify environ-
ment in flash. All the other TQ boards which do similar  things  just
read  the data and set it in the environment, but don't automatically
safe it to flash.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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